Beyond the significance test in administrative research and policy decisions

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-70

  Rothstein, Hannah ^b   Tonges, Mary Crabtree ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Box F1831 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Administration; Policy decisions; Research utilization; Statistics

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION; REVIEW;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 0033657077     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2000.00065.x     Document Type: Article

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