title: Using cluster analysis to explore survey data.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Liverpool John Moores University.
authors.forename: Llinos
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Spencer
authors.forename: Gwerfyl
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: Fiona
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Irvine
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Colin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Baker
mesh_terms: 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