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A review of statistical methods in the Journal of Advanced Nursing
Author(s) -
Anthony Dems
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1996.tb02948.x
Subject(s) - nursing , medline , psychology , medicine , political science , law
Research‐based articles in the nursing press increased in number substantially, as indeed they have in other disciplines While qualitative methods are more frequently use in nursing than some other areas (for example, medicine), the use of quantitative methods is common It is noted that statistical errors and misunderstanding of statistical concepts are to be found in nursing journals This paper analyses an academic nursing journal and comparisons are made with similar studies in medical journal