BACKGROUND The interpretation of scientific articles often requires an understanding of the methods of inferential statistics. This article informs the reader about frequently used statistical tests and their correct application. METHODS The most commonly used statistical tests were identified through a selective literature search on the methodology of medical research publications. These tes...

this study examines the relationship between learners' gender and second language learning strategies among persian language learners. various researches indicate that using learning strategies have significant effects on learning language skills. since very few researches have been done on persian learners and persian learning strategies, such a research seems to be of great importance an...

BACKGROUND Despite several polysomnographic studies on periodic leg movements (PLM) in healthy sleep, data on the prevalence and characteristics of periodic arm movements (PAM) in normal subjects are lacking. We aimed to investigate PAM and their association with PLM during wakefulness and sleep in healthy subjects. METHODS Ninety-one participants underwent video-polysomnography according to ...

the aim of this research was to investigate the relationship between information technology (it) and organizational structure in ministry of sport and youth of i.r. iran. this research used a descriptive – correlation research conducted as field. the statistical population consisted of 42 managers of ministry of sport and youth who equaled the sample. data were gathered using the questionnaire ...

the present research was conducted with the aim of exposition of the relationship between organizational climate and job involvement among teachers of high schools in delijan city of iran in year (2012-2013). the research was applied, descriptive and correlational.statistical population included184 teachers in the first semester of educational year (2012- 2013), of which 125 teachers were selec...

The study was conducted to investigate how students’ multiple intelligences were related to their tolerance of ambiguity and English proficiency. Subjects were 173 English major students in a private university in northern Taiwan, including 49 males and 124 females. They helped to fill out questionnaires of Multiple Intelligences (MI) (Gardner, 1983) and Second Language Tolerance of Ambiguity S...

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 ...

context:  the ability to think critically is an essential element in nursing education and ‎more specifically in nurses’ clinical decision making (cdm).‎ aims:  critical thinking (ct) and cdm ability as well as their relationship were ‎examined among nursing students of kerman university.‎ settings and design: study was designed in four towns: kerman, bam, jiroft, and zarand, ‎settled in kerman...

Objective: To analyze the risk of violence associated to functional capacity and sociodemographic characteristics hospitalized elderly. Method: Quantitative, cross-sectional, multicenter study conducted with elderly receiving care at university hospitals municipalities João Pessoa Campina Grande, in state Paraíba, Brazil. The scales Katz Hwalek-Sengstock Elder Abuse Screening Test were applied....