02661cam a2200337 i 450000100090000000300050000900500170001400800410003101000170007202000450008904000390013404200080017305000210018106000110020208200220021310000330023524501020026825000200037026400510039030000450044133600260048633700280051233800270054050400510056750504530061852009330107165000330200470000440203770000290208177602130211021580948CSPC20250422154957.0200623s2021    njua     b    001 0 eng    a  2020028453  a9781119698524q(paperback ;qalk. paper)  aDNLM/DLCbengerdacDLCdDLCdCSPC  apcc00aRA409b.F65 202100aWA 95000a610.21bF829p2231 aFowler, Jim,d1943-eauthor.10aPractical statistics for nursing and health care /cJim Fowler, Philip Jarvis, and Mel Chevannes.  aSecond edition. 1aHoboken, New Jersey :bWiley-Blackwell,c2021.  axv, 198 pages :billustrations ;c25 cm.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aIntroduction -- Health care investigations: measurement and sampling concepts -- Processing data -- Presenting data -- Clinical trials -- Introduction to epidemiology -- Measuring the average -- Measuring variability -- Probability and the normal curve -- How good are our estimates? -- The basis of statistical testing -- Analysing frequencies -- Measuring correlations -- Regression analysis -- Comparing averages -- Analysis of variance - ANOVA.  a"Demographic, economic, political and environmental changes have been taking place at a phenomenal pace, nationally and internationally. Many of these changes affect people's needs for healthcare. At the same time, the demand for health care mounts from a more informed public having access to information from on-line sources and websites. Campaigns for safe and speedy intervention determine the treatments available and those yet to enter the health care system. The twin axes of patients' safety and the personalised treatment they need require nurses and health care professionals to be confident in the use of statistics, for example, in calculating dosages in oral, liquid, tablet, intravenous, intramuscular, and subcutaneous forms. Nurses and health care professionals should be familiar with the meanings and significance of the numbers they encounter in the context of the care they provide"--cProvided by publisher.12aStatistics as topicxMethods1 aJarvis, Phil,c(Statistician),eauthor.1 aChevannes, Mel,eauthor.08iOnline version:aFowler, Jim, 1943-tPractical statistics for nursing and health carebSecond edition.dChichester, West Sussex, England ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2020.z9781119698548w(DLC) 2020028454