| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2607533 | Australian Critical Care | 2009 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
There is an increasing expectation that critical care nurses use clinical research when making decisions about patient care. This article is the second in a series which addresses statistics for clinical nursing practice. In this article we provide an introduction to the use of descriptive statistics. Concepts such as levels of measurement, measures of central tendency and dispersion are described and their use in clinical practice is illustrated.
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Authors
Murray J. Fisher, Andrea P. Marshall,