Journal of Electrocardiology
Volume 36, Issue 1 , Pages 41-52 , January 2003

Logit50: A nonlinear transformation of pNN50 with improved statistical properties

  • Robert L. Burr, MSEE, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems
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  • Sandra A. Motzer, PhD, RN, FAHA
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  • Wan Chen, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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  • Marie J. Cowan, PhD, RN, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of California at Los Angeles, CA
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  • Margaret M. Heitkemper, PhD, RN, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biobehavioral, Nursing and Health Systems, School of Nursing, and Division of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, Seattle, WA.

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 The methods comparisons presented in this study are based on five example data sets collected during research studies funded by the National Institutes of Health in projects NR01970 (M.J. Cowan, PI), HL60042 (S.A. Motzer, PI), NR04101 (M.M. Heitkemper, PI), and NR02429 (R.L. Burr, PI).

☆☆ Reprint requests: Robert L. Burr, MSEE, PhD, Research Associate Professor, Box 357265, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-7265; e-mail: bobburr@u.washington.edu.

PII: S0022-0736(03)50001-2

Journal of Electrocardiology
Volume 36, Issue 1 , Pages 41-52 , January 2003