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Introduction<br> <br> Health Care Investigations: Measurement and Sampling Concepts<br> <br> Processing Data<br> <br> Presenting Data<br> <br> Clinical Trials<br> <br> Introduction to Epidemiology<br> <br> Measuring the Average<br> <br> Measuring Variability<br> <br> Probability and the Normal Curve<br> <br> How Good are our Estimates?<br> <br> The Basis of Statistical Testing<br> <br> Analysing Frequencies<br> <br> Measuring Correlations<br> <br> Regression Analysis<br> <br> Comparing Averages<br> <br> Analysis of Variance -<br> ANOVA<br> <br> Appendices<br> <br> Bibliography<br> <br> Index

"The language is friendly and puts the reader at ease ....This bookprovides comprehensive coverage of an area that is important to allhealth care professionals. (Nursing Times, 28 March 2002)<br> <br> "...a plain English guide...to facilitate bothlearning and reference..." (Nurse Education Today, No.23,2003)<br> <br> "...helpful in enabling nurses to appraise empirical researchand utilise research in their practice..." (Primary Health Care,October 2003)<br> <br> "...provides clear explanations of the statistical concepts andillustrates these using relevant nursing scenarios..." (PracticeNurse, Friday 16 January, 2004)<br> <br> "...provides a basic foundation of statistics...good resourcefor nurses...very user friendly..." (Oncology Nursing Forum, Vol31(2), 2004)

<p><strong>Jim Fowler</strong> is a lecturer with the Department of Biological Sciences at De Montfort University in Scraptoft, Leicester, UK. <p><strong>Phil Jarvis</strong> is a consultant statistician for Astra Zeneca Pharmaceuticals in the UK.

A knowledge of statistics is becoming increasingly necessary for nurses and other health care professionals if they are to read research reports, critically appraise the empirical literature and utilise research in their practice. <p><i>Practical Statistics for Nursing and Health Care</i> gently introduces the essential statistical techniques in an accessible manner to enable the reader to grasp the fundamentals and gain the confidence and understanding to perform their own analysis. Starting from first principles, the text then progresses step by step, with 'advice' sections for all the tests described. Including comprehensive coverage of all basic statistical concepts, information is also provided on relevant examples for nurses, including case studies, data sets and guidance for further reading.<br /> Advice is also given in areas such as clinical trials and epidemiology equipping the reader to critically appraise work published in key medical journals.</p> <p><i>Practical Statistics for Nursing and Healthcare</i>:</p> <ul> <li>Provides a user-friendly guide to statistical techniques and applications relevant to nurses and health care-workers.</li> <li>Includes a variety of the most appropriate methods for gathering, presenting and analysing data.</li> <li>Features essential tables of data, illustrations and numerous fully-worked examples.</li> </ul> An essential introduction to statistics for pre-registration nursing students on diploma and degree courses and a revision aid for practising nurses and healthcare professionals.

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