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NURSING 803

QUANTITATIVE DESIGN AND METHODS

4 credits.

Focuses on the conduct of research primarily from empirical, analytical traditions. Address the integration of research paradigms, questions, designs, and methods for such research. Compare details, characteristics, strengths and limitations of alternative research designs and methods. Discuss issues and standards for preparing research proposals for different purposes (e.g., institutional review boards for human subjects, NIH) to advance the nursing discipline.

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Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Gain understanding and skills in selected quantitative research designs and methods. Audience: Graduate 2. Analyze advantages and limitations of different quantitative methods for studying phenomena relevant to nursing and/or health care broadly defined. Audience: Graduate 3. Substantively critique published quantitative research and funding proposals on multiple dimensions (e.g., conceptual, theoretical, methodological, ethical, analytical, historical, practical). Audience: Graduate 4. Demonstrate skills in integrating knowledge from empirical literature, logical arguments, theory, and research methods for writing quantitative research proposals to advance knowledge relevant to nursing and/or health care. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Gain understanding and skills in selected quantitative research designs and methods. Audience: Graduate 2. Analyze advantages and limitations of different quantitative methods for studying phenomena relevant to nursing and/or health care broadly defined. Audience: Graduate 3. Substantively critique published quantitative research and funding proposals on multiple dimensions (e.g., conceptual, theoretical, methodological, ethical, analytical, historical, practical). Audience: Graduate 4. Demonstrate skills in integrating knowledge from empirical literature, logical arguments, theory, and research methods for writing quantitative research proposals to advance knowledge relevant to nursing and/or health care. Audience: Graduate

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