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| Publisher | John Wiley And Sons Ltd |
| ISBN 13 | 9780471497165 |
| Book Description | Nursing is a growing area of higher education, in which an introduction to statistics is an essential component. There is currently a gap in the market for a a user--friendlya book which is contextulised and targeted for nursing. Practical Statistics for Nursing and Health Care introduces statistical techniques in such a way that readers will easily grasp the fundamentals to enable them to gain the confidence and understanding to perform their own analysis. It also provides sufficient advice in areas such as clinical trials and epidemiology to enable the reader to critically appraise work published in journals such as the Lancet and British Medical Journal. aeo Covers all basic statistical concepts and tests aeo Is user--friendly -- avoids excessive jargon aeo Includes relevant examples for nurses, including case studies and data sets aeo Provides information on further reading aeo Starts from first principles and progresses step by step aeo Includes a advice ona sections for all of the tests described |
| Editorial Review | The language is friendly and puts the reader at ease ...This book provides comprehensive coverage of an area that is important to all health care professionals. (Nursing Times, 28 March 2002) !a plain English guide!to facilitate both learning and reference!" (Nurse Education Today, No.23, 2003) "...helpful in enabling nurses to appraise empirical research and utilise research in their practice..." (Primary Health Care, October 2003) "...provides clear explanations of the statistical concepts and illustrates these using relevant nursing scenarios..." (Practice Nurse, Friday 16 January, 2004) "...provides a basic foundation of statistics...good resource for nurses...very user friendly..." (Oncology Nursing Forum, Vol 31(2), 2004) |
| About the Author | Jim Fowler is a lecturer with the Department of Biological Sciences at De Montfort University in Scraptoft, Leicester, UK. Phil Jarvis is a consultant statistician for Astra Zeneca Pharmaceuticals in the UK. |
| Language | English |
| Author | Jim Fowler, Phil Jarvis, Mel Chevannes |
| Edition Number | 2 |
| Publication Date | 05-03-2002 |
| Number of Pages | 232 |
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