title: How to read, interpret, and understand evidence-based literature statistics.
abstract: To implement best practices through research utilization, nurses need to read, interpret, and understand literature formatted with evidence-based practice language and statistics. Hypothetical examples highlight 7 terms and their formulas. A scenario to personally calculate such evidence-based practice statistics can be used to enhance personal effectiveness and to teach others.
authors.affiliation: Nursing Faculty Online, University of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, USA. welk@email.phoenix.edu
authors.forename: Dorette Sugg
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Welk
mesh_terms: D032882:Comprehension; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration; D016017:Odds Ratio; D011932:Reading; D012107:Research Design; D012306:Risk; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D013223:Statistics as Topic / Q000193:education*