Making statistics relevant for undergraduate nurses

- Martin, Peter, Pierce, Robyn, Giri, Jason

Title
Making statistics relevant for undergraduate nurses
Creator
Martin, Peter; Pierce, Robyn; Giri, Jason
Date
2002
Type
Text; Conference paper
Identifier
http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/43934
Identifier
vital:1467
Identifier
https://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~iase/publications/1/3j1_mart.pdf
Abstract
In this paper we will explore the challenge of making statistics more meaningful to future nurses. In the fast moving undergraduate student world the expectations we place upon nursing students are considerable. Typically they experience high class-contact hours in addition to their clinical placements. Compounding the problem, undergraduate nursing students have diverse mathematical backgrounds and seldom perceive statistics as being relevant for them. Given these constraints we have adopted the relatively modest aim of producing informed and discriminating consumers of statistics and research, rather than skilled statistical practitioners or researchers. With a focus on computer output rather than by-hand calculations, we have made use of strategic examples, appropriate journal articles and an historical hypothetical. This approach has both relieved the anxiety and distraction associated with calculations and increased students’ engagement in the learning process.; E1
Publisher
Cape Town, South Africa International Association for Statistical Education International
Relation
Paper presented at the Sixth International Conference on Teaching Statistics, Cape Town, South Africa 7th - 12th July, 2002
Rights
Open Access
Rights
Copyright International Association for Statistical Education
Rights
This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
Subject
Nurses; Statistical analysis; Undergraduate
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