Learn how to expand your interpretation and application of statistical methods used in nursing and health sciences research articles with Statistics for Nursing Research: A Workbook for Evidence-Based Practice, 3rd Edition. Perfect for those seeking to more effectively build an evidence-based practice, this collection of practical exercises guides you in how to critically appraise sampling and measurement techniques, evaluate results, and conduct a power analysis for a study. Written by nursing research and statistics experts Drs. Susan K. Grove and Daisha Cipher, this is the only statistics workbook for nurses to include research examples from both nursing and the broader health sciences literature. This new third edition features new research article excerpts and examples, an enhanced focused on statistical methods commonly used in DNP projects, new examples from quality improvement projects, new content on paired samples analysis, expanded coverage of calculating descriptive statistics, an online Research Article Library, and more! Whether used in undergraduate, master's, or doctoral education or in clinical practice, this workbook is an indispensable resource for any nursing student or practicing nurse needing to interpret or apply statistical data.

Part 1: Understanding Statistical Methods 1. Identifying Levels of Measurement: Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, and Ratio 2. Identifying Probability and Nonprobability Sampling Methods in Studies 3. Understanding the Sampling Section of a Research Report: Population, Sampling Criteria, Sample Size, Refusal Rate, and Attrition Rate 4. Understanding Reliability of Measurement Methods 5. Understanding Validity of Measurement Methods 6. Understanding Frequencies and Percentages 7. Interpreting Line Graphs 8. Measures of Central Tendency: Mean, Median, and Mode 9. Measures of Dispersion: Range and Standard Deviation 10. Description of a Study Sample 11. Interpreting Scatterplots 12. Algorithm for Determining the Appropriateness of Inferential Statistical Techniques 13. Understanding Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient 14. Understanding Simple Linear Regression 15. Understanding Multiple Linear Regression 16. Understanding Independent Samples t-test 17. Understanding Paired or Dependent Samples t-test 18. Understanding Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Post Hoc Analyses 19. Understanding Pearson Chi Square 20. Understanding Spearman Rank-Order Correlation Coefficient 21. Understanding Mann-Whitney U Test 22. Understanding Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test