| The use of statistical methodology for the analysis of QA data. | |
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PMID: 10291854 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Modern statistical methods offer the quality assurance professional a powerful set of tools for the analysis of health care data. By using well-established procedures the quality assurance professional can isolate and quantify the relative degree of problems, determine statistical significance, and allocate resources towards problem resolution. This article briefly covers the concepts of hypothesis testing and statistical significance and their role in assisting the health care professional to assign priorities for use in problem resolution. Several statistical tests are described in the context of health care data analysis. The distinction between parametric, and non-parametric tests is made and a set of guidelines included on when and where the respective tests should be applied. An outline for the application of these statistical tests to several example situations is presented. Some details of population identification, sampling, and data organization are covered. Interpretation of results in the context of different problem situations is also covered. |
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Authors:
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R P Yerex |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Journal of quality assurance : a publication of the National Association of Quality Assurance Professionals Volume: 11 ISSN: 1062-0273 ISO Abbreviation: J Qual Assur Publication Date: 1989 Feb-Mar |
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Created Date: 1989-03-31 Completed Date: 1989-03-31 Revised Date: 2000-12-18 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8809256 Medline TA: J Qual Assur Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 8-11, 32-3 Citation Subset: H |
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Data Collection
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methods Data Interpretation, Statistical* Probability Theory Quality Assurance, Health Care / statistics & numerical data* Reference Standards Research Design United States |
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