Polit, Denise F.

Data analysis & statistics for nursing research / Data analysis and statistics for nursing research Denise F. Polit. - Stamford, Conn. : Appleton & Lange, c1996. - 506 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Appendices (p. 461-488): A. Answers for selected exercises -- B. Theoretical probability distribution tables -- C. Tables for power analyses.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 439-444) and indexes.

Introduction to data analysis -- Univariate statistics, tabulating and displaying data -- Univariate statistics, central tendency and variability -- Bivariate description -- Statistical inference -- Testing the difference between two means, the two-sample t-test -- Analysis of variance -- Chi-square and other nonparametric tests -- Correlation and simple regression -- Multiple regression -- Analysis of covariance, multivariate ANOVA, and canonical analysis -- Factor analysis -- Discriminant analysis and logistic regression -- Causal modeling, path analysis and linear structural relations analysis.

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Nursing--Research.
Nursing--Research--Statistical methods.
Nursing Research
Data Interpretation, Statistical--nurses' instruction
Statistics--nurses' instruction

RT81.5 P62 1996