title: Analysis of quantitative research data: Part 1.
abstract: Developments in practice should be based on evidence from reliable and rigorous research studies. Nurses must engage with research, even if they do not need to carry it out. Nurses need to be able to appraise critically both text reports of research studies and the statistical analysis that underpins the findings.
authors.affiliation: St James' University Hospital, Leeds.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Banks
mesh_terms: D015400:Clinical Nursing Research / Q000379:methods*; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012107:Research Design; D016008:Statistical Distributions