title: Statistical challenges in nursing education and research: an expert panel consensus.
abstract: This article summarizes an expert panel discussion, "Statistical Challenges in Nursing Research," conducted at the 2013 Joint Statistical Meetings. The panel consisted of doctorally prepared statisticians with faculty appointments in United States-based academic nursing programs. The discussion centered on challenges concerning the use of statistics in nursing education and research. Five domains were identified, including perceptions about statistics, statisticians' roles and responsibilities, interdisciplinary collaboration between statisticians and nurse investigators, statistics education, and the use of statistics in the nursing literature.
authors.affiliation: Author Affiliations: Associate Professor and Biostatistician (Dr Hayat), School of Public Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta; Associate Professor and Biostatistician (Dr Higgins), School of Nursing, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; Research Associate Professor and Biostatistician (Dr Schwartz), Department of Biostatistics, Gillings School of Global Public Health, School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and Research Assistant Professor, and Biostatistician (Dr Staggs), Department of Biostatistics and School of Nursing, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City.
authors.forename: Matthew J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Hayat
authors.forename: Melinda
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Higgins
authors.forename: Todd A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: Vincent S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Staggs
mesh_terms: D004506:Education, Nursing; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015399:Nursing Research; D013223:Statistics as Topic / Q000193:education; D014481:United States