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Statistical tests (Part 2): parametric tests

21 July 1993

Nursing Standard

Clinical research

Statistics are all about making simple summaries of data. Some aspect of the data, summed up as a single number, is called a statistic. Statistical analyses can be...

Statistical tests (part 3): non-parametric tests

28 July 1993

Nursing Standard

Clinical research

The previous two articles in this Series (1,2) have considered in some detail the descriptive and para- metric approaches to statistical analysis. This final article...

Statistical tests (Part 1): descriptive statistics

14 July 1993

Nursing Standard

Clinical research

This sales of three articles has been designed to facilitate an understanding of some commonly used statistical terms encountaed when reading research articles. In...

Measuring muscle tone and movement

21 June 1995

Nursing Standard

Clinical disability

Abnormal or altered muscle tone in the neurologically damaged patient presents major problems for restoring motor function. Many nursing interventions, such as...

Do computers have value in the data collection process for nurse researchers?

01 February 1999

Nurse Researcher

Issues in research

This paper discusses whether computers have a place in data collection for nurse researchers. It describes the use made of computers and the Internet to manage the...

Objective assessment of muscle function

29 July 1992

Nursing Standard

Clinical rehabilitation

Summary In the absence of a reliable, objective assessment of muscle function, questions such as ‘how appropriate and effective is the nursing intervention?’ cannot...

Rehabilation of muscle function

12 August 1992

Nursing Standard

Clinical rehabilitation

This article describes the utilisation of a physiologically based research technique developed to facilitate the nursing care of patients with skeletal muscle...

Rehabilitation of muscle function part 1

05 August 1992

Nursing Standard

Clinical rehabilitation

Skeletal muscle has a range of potential metabolic and mechanical states ranging from the atrophic (wasted) state to the hypertrophic (built-up) state. Up until 30...

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