Statistical Methods for Health Care Research

by Munro, Barbara Hazard

• ISBN13: 9780781721752
• ISBN10: 078172175X
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-10-16
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

This singular text provides nursing students as well as students in all other health-related disciplines with a solid foundation for understanding data and specific statistical techniques. In this newest edition, outstanding faculty contributors focus on the most current and most frequently used statistical methods in today's health care literature, covering essential material for a variety of program levels including in-depth courses beyond the basic statistics course. Well-organized and clear text discussions and great learning tools help you cut through the complexities and fully comprehend the concepts of this often intimidating area of study. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

SECTION ONE Understanding the Data	1	(94)
Organizing and Displaying Data	3	(26)
Mary E. Duffy
Barbara S. Jacobsen
Univariate Descriptive Statistics	29	(34)
Mary E. Duffy
Barbara S. Jacobsen
Introduction to Inferential Statistics and Hypothesis Testing	63	(32)
Barbara Hazard Munro
Barbara S. Jacobsen
Mary E. Duffy
Leonard E. Braitman
SECTION TWO Specific Statistical Techniques	95	(310)
Selected Nonparametric Techniques	97	(26)
Barbara Hazard Munro
t Tests: Measuring the Differences Between Group Means	123	(14)
Barbara Hazard Munro
Differences Among Group Means: One-Way Analysis of Variance	137	(24)
Barbara Hazard Munro
Differences Among Group Means: Multifactorial Analysis of Variance	161	(26)
Barbara Hazard Munro
Analysis of Covariance	187	(14)
Barbara Hazard Munro
Repeated Measures Analysis of Variance	201	(22)
Barbara Hazard Munro
Correlation	223	(22)
Barbara Hazard Munro
Regression	245	(26)
Barbara Hazard Munro
Regression Diagnostics and Canonical Correlation	271	(12)
Barbara Hazard Munro
Logistic Regression	283	(20)
Barbara Hazard Munro
Factor Analysis	303	(28)
Jane Karpe Dixon
Confirmatory Factor Analysis	331	(24)
Karen J. Aroian
Anne E. Norris
Path Analysis	355	(24)
Anne E. Norris
Structural Equation Modeling	379	(26)
Anne E. Norris
Glossary	405	(32)
Appendices
Appendix A Percent of Total Area of Normal Curve Between a z-Score and the Mean	417	(2)
Appendix B Distribution of X2 Probability	419	(2)
Appendix C Distribution of t	421	(2)
Appendix D The 5% and 1% Points for the Distribution of F	423	(4)
Appendix E Critical Values of the Correlation Coefficient	427	(2)
Appendix F Transformation of r to zr	429	(2)
Appendix G Survey for Exercises	431	(6)
Bibliography	437	(10)
Index	447