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2455 Teller Road Thousand Oaks, California 91320 SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd B 1/I 1 Mohan Cooperative Industrial Area Mathura Road New Delhi 110 044 SAGE Publications Asia-Pacific Pte Ltd 33 Pekin Street #02-01 Far East Square Singapore 048763 Library of Congress Control Number: 2009927204 British Library Cataloguing in Publication data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978-1-84787-482-5 ISBN 978-1-84787-483-2 (pbk) SAGE Publications Ltd 1 Oliver’s Yard 55 City Road London EC1Y 1SP SAGE Publications Inc. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside those terms should be sent to the publishers. © Louise Marston 2010 First published 2010 Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, this publication may be reproduced, stored or transmitted in any form, or by any means, only with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction, in accordance with the terms of licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. Visit the companion website at marston to find datasets and additional questions. Introductory Statistics for Health and Nursing Using SPSS Introductory฀Statistics฀for฀ Health฀and฀Nursing Using฀SPSS Introductory฀Statistics฀for฀Health฀and฀Nursing฀Using฀SPSS฀is฀ideal฀for฀all฀health฀science฀ and฀nursing฀students. Introductory฀Statistics฀for฀Health฀and฀Nursing฀Using฀SPSS Louise฀Marston฀is฀a฀Research฀Statistician฀in฀the฀Department฀of฀Primary฀Care฀and฀ Population฀Health฀at฀University฀College฀London฀and฀has฀taught฀on฀a฀number฀of฀ Health฀courses.฀She฀is฀a฀member฀of฀the฀Royal฀Statistical฀Society,฀a฀fellow฀of฀the฀Higher฀ Education฀Academy฀and฀an฀afiliate฀member฀of฀the฀Royal฀College฀of฀Paediatrics฀and฀ Child฀Health.Ĭover฀image฀©฀Dreamstime฀I฀Cover฀design฀by฀Wendy฀Scott The฀inclusion฀of฀real-world฀data฀and฀a฀host฀of฀health-related฀examples฀should฀make฀ this฀an฀ideal฀core฀text฀for฀any฀introductory฀statistics฀course฀in฀the฀ield. Introductory฀Statistics฀for฀Health฀and฀Nursing฀Using฀SPSS฀is฀also฀accompanied฀by฀a฀ website฀containing฀datasets฀and฀examples. Doing฀statistics฀can฀be฀daunting฀for฀those฀new฀to฀the฀subject,฀but฀with฀this฀book,฀ speciically฀developed฀for฀those฀studying฀health฀sciences฀and฀nursing,฀students฀ will฀ind฀getting฀to฀grips฀with฀the฀subject฀a฀piece฀of฀cake.฀It฀is฀packed฀with฀easy-tounderstand฀practical฀examples,฀avoiding฀long฀and฀off-putting฀statistical฀formulae,฀ and฀what’s฀more,฀it฀covers฀exactly฀what฀these฀students฀will฀need฀to฀get฀them฀through฀ their฀statistics฀course.