Interpretation and use of statistics in nursing research

AACN Advanced Critical Care

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 211-222

  Giuliano, Karen K ^a,b   Polanowicz, Michelle ^a  

^a PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonparametric statistics; Parametric; Statistical significance; Statistical tests

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; NURSING RESEARCH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; NURSING RESEARCH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 48549087939     PISSN: 15597768     EISSN: 15597768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AACN.0000318124.33889.6e     Document Type: Article

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