title: Correlational analysis.
abstract: A common question of interest in nursing research is the relationships between variables. Correlational analysis is a statistical technique employed to investigate the magnitude and significance of such relationships. This paper presents commonly used techniques to examine bivariate relationships of interval/ratio, ordinal and nominal variables.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Psychiatric Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Level 2, 757, Swanston St, Carlton, VIC 3053, Australia.
authors.forename: Roshani K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Prematunga
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D015399:Nursing Research; D013223:Statistics as Topic