COURSE DETAIL
NURS 775 Statistical Methods for Nursing Research I: Univariate Methods
Credit hours: 3 per Semester
Cluster: Research Methodology, Quantitative Research Methods and Statistical Analysis,Quantitative Research Methods,Statistical Analysis
http://catalog.unlv.edu/index.php?catoid=17
Course Level: Doctoral Foundational
Course Type: PhD
IPE: No
Course Open to: PhD Students
Institution:University of Nevada Las Vegas
Pre-requisites: Admission into a doctoral program or permission of instructor; successful completion of a graduate level research methods course.
Course Description: This course presents descriptive and inferential techniques which are most commonly used in nursing research. The emphasis is on the conceptualization of the technique and the ability to select appropriate statistical methods to answer a research question or test a hypothesis. The course also offers an introduction to data management with Microsoft (MS) Excel, data analysis using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS), and data collection via Internet survey techniques using ‘Survey Monkey’. COURSE OBJECTIVES: 1. To understand conceptual principles of statistical testing 2. To be able to perform common statistical testing and interpret the results of commonly encountered statistical procedures including parametric, non-parametric, and psychometric statistical tests. 3. To become familiar with use of MS Excel and SPSS computer software. 4. To become familiar with Internet based survey applications such as Survey Monkey. 5. To examine and evaluate the appropriateness of the statistical procedures commonly found in the peer-reviewed literature CENTRAL FOCUS OF COURSE: rESEARCH
Method of Instruction: Asynchronous
Delivery Platform: PLATFORM: Canvas
Campus visits required: none
Course Contact: Campus Staff Coordinator: Elizabeth Gardner
email: elizabeth.gardner@unlv.edu
Tuition: NEXus Common Price
Other considerations: Fall 2022 classes begin September 12, 2022 and end December 23, 2022. Please contact Elizabeth Gardner (elizabeth.gardner@unlv.edu) by August 2, 2022 in order to be enrolled for Fall semester.
Available Seats by Semester for this course:
SPRING 2019
Section: 1002
Instructor: Dr. Du Feng
Seats: 5
Credits: 3 / Semester
Start Date: 01-07-19
End Date: 04-26-19
Please advise as to the name of student so we can let the course instructor know. Thanks, Jennifer Kawi Doctoral Program Director jennifer.kawi@unlv.edu
SPRING 2020
Section: 1002
Instructor: TBA
Seats: 0
Credits: 3 / Semester
Start Date: 01-06-20
End Date: 04-24-20
Applications received after December 9, 2019 cannot be processed in time to be enrolled for the Spring 2020 semester.
FALL 2020
Section: 1002
Instructor: Jinyoung Kim, PhD, RNTBA
Seats: 5
Credits: 3 / Semester
Start Date: 09-08-20
End Date: 12-18-20
Please forward the student information ASAP.
FALL 2021
Section: 1002
Instructor: Kim, Jinyoung
Seats: 5
Credits: 3 / Semester
Start Date: 09-07-21
End Date: 12-17-21
Fall 2021 classes begin September 7, 2021 and end December 17, 2021. Please contact Please contact Elizabeth Gardner (elizabeth.gardner@unlv.edu) by August 2, 2021 in order to be enrolled for the Fall 2021 semester.
FALL 2022
Section: 1002
Instructor: TBA
Seats: 5
Credits: 3 / Semester
Start Date: 09-12-22
End Date: 12-23-22
Fall 2022 classes begin September 12, 2022 and end December 23, 2022. Please contact Elizabeth Gardner (elizabeth.gardner@unlv.edu) by August 2, 2022 in order to be enrolled for Fall semester.