Statistics is a broad mathematical discipline dealing with techniques for the collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of numerical data. Data are information used for reasoning, discussion, or calculation; data are the foundation of modern scientific inference. Data may be obtained by a formal sampling procedure, by recording responses to experimental conditions, or by observing ...

Methods & Materials: A descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted on 315 pregnant women who were in the last trimester. Participants were randomly recruited from an outpatient clinic of a state hospital in Çanakkale, Turkey, between March and May 2012. Data were collected using a socio-demographic information form and CRF information questionnaire. Descriptive statistics and chi-square te...

the purpose of the survey was to study the relationship between the rate of addiction to internet with academic motivation and social development. the method of the research was descriptive correlation. the statistical population included all high school students of mazandaran province which consisted 99328 ones. 417 students were selected as statistical sample. yang’s internet addiction questi...

BACKGROUND In biomedical research papers, authors often use descriptive statistics to describe the study sample. The standard deviation (SD) describes the variability between individuals in a sample; the standard error of the mean (SEM) describes the uncertainty of how the sample mean represents the population mean. Authors often, inappropriately, report the SEM when describing the sample. As t...

MMPI-2 clinical, validity, restructured clinical, content, selected supplemental, and PSY-5 scale data from convicted offenders who were incarcerated and referred by community criminal courts were analyzed. Descriptive statistics, including frequency data for high points and well-defined two-point code types were provided. Compared to state and federal inmates, significantly more individuals fr...

The current study aims to identify and rank the potential field of investment in the advanced technologies in Golestan Province. This is an applied and developmental research and the method for data gathering is descriptive and survey. The target society (decision-making team) includes all the industry elites of Golestan Province including ‘Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade’, ‘The Industrial...

This paper explores the general nurses’ attitudes towards mental illness in Bhutan. A non-probability convenience sample with quantitative descriptive method was used. The sample represents the known population of nurses from National Referral Hospital (JDWNR Hospital), Thimphu. Responses were analyzed using descriptive statistics including means; standard deviations, and frequency. Cronbach’s ...