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- Title
Statistics Used in Current Nursing Research.
- Authors
Zellner, Kathleen; Boerst, Connie J.; Tabb, Wil
- Abstract
Undergraduate nursing research courses should emphasize the statistics most commonly used in the nursing literature to strengthen students' and beginning researchers' understanding of them. To determine the most commonly used statistics, we reviewed all quantitative research articles published in 13 nursing journals in 2000. The findings supported Beitz's categorization of kinds of statistics. Ten primary statistics used in 80% of nursing research published in 2000 were identified. We recommend that the appropriate use of those top 10 statistics be emphasized in undergraduate nursing education and that the nursing profession continue to advocate for the use of methods (e.g., power analysis, odds ratio) that may contribute to the advancement of nursing research.
- Subjects
NURSING research; EDUCATIONAL statistics; ACTION research in nursing; NURSING literature; NURSING students; MEDICAL education; EDUCATION; MEDICAL research; PROFESSIONAL education
- Publication
Journal of Nursing Education, 2007, Vol 46, Issue 2, p55
- ISSN
0148-4834
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3928/01484834-20070201-03