Statistics for nursing : a practical approach /
Elizabeth Heavey
- Third edition.
- Burlington, MA : Jone and Bartlett Learning, c2019
- xii, 301 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction to statistics and levels of measurement -- Presenting data -- Descriptive statistics, probability, and measures of central tendency -- Measuring data -- Sampling methods -- Generating the research idea -- Sample size, effect size, and power -- Chi-square -- Student t-Test -- Analysis of variance (ANOVA) -- Correlation coefficients -- Regression analysis -- Relative risk, odds ratio, and attributable risk.
"Statistics for Nursing: A Practical Approach, Third Edition is designed in accordance with the Conversation Theory of Gordon Pask and presents the complicated topic of statistics in an understandable manner for entry level nurses"