Using cluster analysis to explore survey data.
Llinos Haf Spencer reports on the use of the cluster analysis statistical technique in nursing research and uses data from the Welsh Language Awareness in Healthcare Provision in Wales survey as an exemplar She concludes that cluster analysis is a valuable tool to tease out patterns in data that are not initially evident in bivariate analyses and thus should be considered as a viable option for nursing research.
Spencer
Llinos
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Liverpool John Moores University.
Roberts
Gwerfyl
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Irvine
Fiona
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Jones
Peter
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Baker
Colin
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D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel / Q000208:ethnology; D001364:Awareness; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003144:Communication Barriers; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods*; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D019303:Multilingualism; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research / Q000379:methods*; D011361:Professional Competence; D012107:Research Design; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014852:Wales