R you ready? Using the R programme for statistical analysis and graphics

Štiglic, Gregor; Watson, Roger; Cilar, Leona

Abstract

© 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. For conducting research, nurses typically use commercial statistical packages. R software is a free, powerful, and flexible alternative, but is less familiar and used less frequently in nursing research. In this paper, we use data from a previous study to demonstrate a few typical steps in exploratory data analysis using R. A step-by-step description of some basic analyses in R is provided here, including examples of specific functions to read and manipulate the data, calculate scores from individual questionnaire items, and prepare a correlation plot and summary table.

Citation

Štiglic, G., Watson, R., & Cilar, L. (in press). R you ready? Using the R programme for statistical analysis and graphics. Research in Nursing and Health, https://doi.org/10.1002/nur.21990

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Oct 1, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Oct 14, 2019
• Deposit Date: Oct 8, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 15, 2020
• Journal: Research in Nursing & Health
• Print ISSN: 0160-6891
• Electronic ISSN: 1098-240X
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/nur.21990
• Keywords: R; Statistics; Data analysis; Graphics; Nursing
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/2833463
• Additional Information: Received: 2019-07-16; Accepted: 2019-10-01; Published: 2019-10-14
• Contract Date: Oct 8, 2019