Interpreting Statistical Findings: a guide for health professionals and students

Need help interpreting other people's health research?

This book offers guidance for students undertaking a critical review of quantitative research papers and will also help health professionals to understand and interpret statistical results within health-related research papers.

The book requires little knowledge of statistics, includes worked examples and is broken into the following sections:

A worked example of a published RCT and a health survey

Explanations of basic statistical concepts

Explanations of common statistical tests

A quick guide to statistical terms and concepts

Walker and Almond have helpfully cross-referenced throughout, so those requiring in-depth explanations or additional worked examples can locate these easily.

Interpreting Statistical Findings is key reading for nursing and health care students and will help make this area of research much easier to tackle!