Introductory Statistics for Health and Nursing Using SPSS / Edition 1

by Louise Marston

Overview

Specifically written for students in the health sciences, this book covers simple statistical concepts and then shows how to analyse data using SPSS.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781847874832
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	01/20/2010
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	251
Product dimensions:	6.80(w) x 9.50(h) x 0.70(d)

Table of Contents

Preface viii

1 Getting Started with Data and SPSS 1

2 Data Management 22

3 Study Designs 42

4 Probability 54

5 Summary Statistics for Continuous Data 60

6 Summary Statistics for Categorical Data 90

7 Samples and Populations 102

8 Comparing Two Categorical Variables 112

9 Comparing Means 136

10 Non-Parametric Tests 154

11 Assessing Associations with a Continuous Outcome 173

12 Assessing Associations with a Categorical Outcome 200

Appendix 1 Datasets 213

Appendix 2 Solutions 215

Glossary 234

References 243

Index 247