Australian Critical Care
Volume 23, Issue 3 , Pages 160-166 , August 2010

Testing differences between two samples of continuous data

  • Sandra M.C. Pereira, PhD, BSc (Hons), GradDip, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
    • School of Nursing and Midwifery, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Research and Higher Degrees Office, Faculty of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia 6027, Australia. Tel.: +61 8 6304 5395; fax: +61 8 6304 5840.
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  • Gavin Leslie, RN, PhD, BAppSc, PostGradDip (Clin Nurs), FRCNA

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing and Midwifery, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Received 30 March 2010 ,Revised 1 June 2010 ,Accepted 9 June 2010.

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PII: S1036-7314(10)00083-4

doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2010.06.002

Australian Critical Care
Volume 23, Issue 3 , Pages 160-166 , August 2010

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