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Methods move with the times

01 September 2012

Nurse Researcher

Nurse Researcher

WHEN I started mental health nurse training in 1975 I took detailed notes at each lecture. They were never of use to me for two reasons. First, all the relevant...

Issues in data analysis

15 May 2015

Nurse Researcher

Commentary

NURSE RESEARCHER publishes a wide range of methodology papers, many of which aim to give guidance to early researchers. Here I comment on two papers. The first,...

Receiver operating characteristic analysis: an overview

01 February 1996

Nurse Researcher

Issues in research

This paper discusses a technique used in classification analysis, receiver operating characteristic (ROC). ROC analysis is commonly employed in disciplines such as...

Regression analysis

01 August 1997

Nurse Researcher

Quantitative data analysis

This paper discusses a common statistical technique, regression analysis, which explores the possible relationship between two or more variables. The most common...

The Nursing Net: using the systems

01 December 1994

Nurse Researcher

Issues in research

The internet is the largest growing communication system in the world. It is a network linking computers potentially anywhere in the world, and currently links most...

Statistics for Healthcare Professionals: An Introduction

14 September 2015

Nurse Researcher

Book Review

SOME STATISTICS texts are written with a particular package in mind. For health care and social sciences this is often SPSS, but could be SAS, Minitab or many...

Regression analysis

01 October 1996

Nurse Researcher

General

In this paper, Denis Anthony explains how, to carry out regression analysis

Current issues in nursing informatics

01 January 2001

Nurse Researcher

General

Nursing informatics is not merely an academic activity. Denis Anthony discusses the clinical use of informatics. The issues covered include the problems of locating...

Distance learning and research dissemination using online resources

01 October 2000

Nurse Researcher

Issues in research

Denis Anthony analyses the opportunities for researchers and students offered by recent developments in information technology

Get on the Net

15 April 1998

Nursing Standard

Review

IN 1996, the Foundation of Nursing Studies funded astudy (Anthony 1997) which assessed the networks available to nurses in the NHS. A repeat study has just been...