Grove S. Statistics for Nursing Research. A Workbook for...Practice 3ed 2020

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Preface
Acknowledgments
Understanding Statistical Methods
Identifying levels of measurement: Nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio
Statistical technique in review
Research article
Study questions
Answers to study questions
Exercise 1 Questions to be graded
Identifying probability and nonprobability sampling methods in studies
Statistical technique in review
Study questions
Answers to study questions
Exercise 2 Questions to be graded
Understanding the sampling section of a research report: Population, sampling criteria, sample size, refusal rate, and attrition rate
Statistical technique in review
Research article
Study questions
Answers to study questions
Exercise 3 Questions to be graded
Understanding reliability of measurement methods
Statistical technique in review
Research article
Study questions
Answers to study questions
Exercise 4 Questions to be graded
Understanding validity of measurement methods
Statistical technique in review
Research article
Study questions
Answers to study questions
Exercise 5 Questions to be graded
Understanding frequencies and percentages
Statistical technique in review
Research article
Study questions
Answers to study questions
Exercise 6 Questions to be graded
Interpreting line graphs
Statistical technique in review
Research article
Study questions
Answers to study questions
Exercise 7 Questions to be graded
Measures of central tendency: Mean, median, and mode
Statistical technique in review
Research article
Study questions
Answers to study questions
Exercise 8 Questions to be graded
Measures of dispersion: Range and standard deviation
Statistical technique in review
Research article
Study questions
Answers to study questions
Exercise 9 Questions to be graded
Description of a study sample
Statistical technique in review
Research article
Study questions
Answers to study questions
Exercise 10 Questions to be graded
Interpreting scatterplots
Statistical technique in review
Research article
Study questions
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Exercise 11 Questions to be graded
Algorithm for determining the appropriateness of inferential statistical techniques
Statistical technique in review
Study questions
Answers to study questions
Exercise 12 Questions to be graded
Understanding Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient
Statistical technique in review
Research article
Study questions
Answers to study questions
Exercise 13 Questions to be graded
Understanding simple linear regression
Statistical technique in review
Research article
Study questions
Answers to study questions
Exercise 14 Questions to be graded
Understanding multiple linear regression
Statistical technique in review
Research article
Study questions
Answers to study questions
Exercise 15 Questions to be graded
Understanding independent samples t-test
Statistical technique in review
Research article
Study questions
Answers to study questions
Exercise 16 Questions to be graded
Understanding paired or dependent samples t-test
Statistical technique in review
Research article
Study questions
Answers to study questions
Exercise 17 Questions to be graded
Understanding analysis of variance (ANOVA) and post hoc analyses
Statistical technique in review
Research article
Study questions
Answers to study questions
Exercise 18 Questions to be graded
Understanding Pearson chi-square
Statistical technique in review
Research article
Study questions
Answers to study questions
Exercise 19 Questions to be graded
Understanding Spearman rank-order correlation coefficient
Statistical technique in review
Research article
Study questions
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Exercise 20 Questions to be graded
Understanding Mann-Whitney U test
Statistical technique in review
Research article
Study questions
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Exercise 21 Questions to be graded
Understanding Wilcoxon signed-rank test
Statistical technique in review
Research article
Study questions
Answers to study questions
Exercise 22 Questions to be graded
Part 2: Conducting and Interpreting Statistical Analyses
Selecting appropriate analysis techniques for studies
Statistics to address basic difference research questions and hypotheses
Statistics to address basic associational/correlational research questions and hypotheses
Applying inferential statistics to population data
Study questions
Answers to study questions
Exercise 23 Questions to be graded
Describing the elements of power analysis: Power, effect size, alpha, and sample size
Effect size
Study questions
Answers to study questions
Exercise 24 Questions to be graded
Conducting power analysis
Power analysis 1: Cohen’s d
Power analysis 2: Cohen’s f
Power analysis 3: Pearson r
Power analysis 4: R2
Power analysis 5: Odds ratio
Power analysis 6: d
Power analysis 7: Cohen’s dz
Study questions
Answers to study questions
Exercise 25 Questions to be graded
Determining the normality of a distribution
The normal curve
Skewness
Kurtosis
Tests of normality
SPSS computation
Interpretation of SPSS output
Study questions
Answers to study questions
Data for additional computational practice for questions to be graded
Exercise 26 Questions to be graded
Calculating descriptive statistics
Measures of central tendency
Measures of dispersion
Sampling error
SPSS computations
Interpretation of SPSS output
Study questions
Answers to study questions
Exercise 27 Questions to be graded
Calculating Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient
Research designs appropriate for the Pearson r
Statistical formula and assumptions
Hand calculations
SPSS computations
Interpretation of SPSS output
Final interpretation in American Psychological Association (APA) format
Effect size
Study questions
Answers to study questions
Data for additional computational practice for questions to be graded
Exercise 28 Questions to be graded
Calculating simple linear regression
Research designs appropriate for simple linear regression
Statistical formula and assumptions
Hand calculations
SPSS computations
Interpretation of SPSS output
Final interpretation in American Psychological Association (APA) format
Study questions
Answers to study questions
Data for additional computational practice for the questions to be graded
Exercise 29 Questions to be graded
Calculating multiple linear regression
Research designs appropriate for multiple linear regression
Statistical formula and assumptions
SPSS computations
Interpretation of SPSS output
Final interpretation in American Psychological Association (APA) format
Study questions
Answers to study questions
Exercise 30 Questions to be graded
Calculating t-tests for independent samples
Research designs appropriate for the independent samples t-test
Statistical formula and assumptions
Hand calculations
SPSS computations
Interpretation of SPSS output
Final interpretation in American Psychological Association (APA) format
Study questions
Answers to study questions
Data for additional computational practice for questions to be graded
Exercise 31 Questions to be graded
Calculating t-tests for paired (dependent) samples
Research designs appropriate for the paired samples t-test
Statistical formula and assumptions
Hand calculations
SPSS computations
Interpretation of SPSS output
Final interpretation in American Psychological Association (APA) format
Answers to study questions
Data for additional computational practice for questions to be graded
Exercise 32 Questions to be graded
Calculating analysis of variance (ANOVA) and post hoc analyses following ANOVA
Research designs appropriate for the one-way ANOVA
Statistical formula and assumptions
Hand calculations
SPSS computations
Interpretation of SPSS output
Final interpretation in American Psychological Association (APA) format
Study questions
Answers to study questions
Data for additional computational practice for questions to be graded
Exercise 33 Questions to be graded
Calculating sensitivity and specificity
Statistical formula and assumptions
Hand calculations
SPSS computations
Interpretation of SPSS output
Study questions
Answers to study questions
Data for additional computational practice for questions to be graded
Exercise 34 Questions to be graded
Calculating Pearson chi-square
Research designs appropriate for the Pearson χ2
Statistical formula and assumptions
Hand calculations
SPSS computations
Interpretation of SPSS output
Final interpretation in American Psychological Association (APA) format
Study questions
Answers to study questions
Data for additional computational practice for questions to be graded
Exercise 35 Questions to be graded
Calculating odds ratio and 95% confidence intervals
Research designs appropriate for the odds ratio
Statistical formula and assumptions
Hand calculations
SPSS computations
Interpretation of SPSS output
Final interpretation in American Psychological Association (APA) format
Study questions
Answers to study questions
Data for additional computational practice for questions to be graded
Exercise 36 Questions to be graded
References
Appendix A: Critical values for student's t distribution
Appendix B: Critical values of r for Pearson product moment correlation coefficient
Appendix C: Critical values of F for α = 005 and α = 001
Appendix D: Critical values of the χ2 distribution
Index
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