Using the 'new' statistics in nursing research.

This paper argues that quantitative methods are under-used in nursing research. Although this is often because the qualitative approach is the most appropriate, it may also be because nurse researchers are not fully aware of modern, sophisticated data analysis techniques and have tended to use simpl...

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Publicado en:Journal of Advanced Nursing (Wiley-Blackwell) Vol. 27; no. 1; pp. 132 - 140
Autor principal: Ratcliffe P
Formato: equations & formulas tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Jan1998
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        affil: University College of S. Martin, Barrow Campus, Education Centre, Furness General Hospital, Abbey Road, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England; e-mail: P.Ratcliffe@ucsm.ac.uk
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          Research, Nursing
          Survival Analysis
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