How to read, interpret, and understand evidence-based literature statistics

Nurse Educator

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 16-20

  Welk, Dorette Sugg ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX   (United States)

^b BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; READING; RISK; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

COMPREHENSION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; NURSING RESEARCH; ODDS RATIO; READING; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS;

EID: 33846264614     PISSN: 03633624     EISSN: 15389855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006223-200701000-00006     Document Type: Review

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