NURS 8839 Quantitative Research Methods
This research methods course provides students with a foundation in quantitative design, measurement, and statistical inference. Sampling, measurement, scaling, analysis planning, and statistical interpretation. Students will develop and demonstrate skills in rigorous research appraisal, including building familiarity with published research evaluation tools and publication guidelines. Students will be exposed to both traditional and non-traditional research designs common to nursing and other health disciplines, including experiments, quasi- experiments, observational, mixed-method and big data approaches and pragmatic clinical trials. Students will become familiar with validity and reliability issues common to all single factor and multi-factor studies. In a rigorous exploration of research design methods, students will advance their ability to conceptualize a research problem and consider multiple, quantitative approaches for investigation.
Prerequisite
NURS 8815 or Registration by Permission; biostatistics may be taken concurrently or in advance