NURS 8120 - Univariate Statistics

3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Admission to the PhD in Nursing program or DNP program or permission of the instructor.
Description
This course focuses on application of univariate statistical analysis methods to answer research questions and test hypotheses about clinical research data. The course includes addressing threats to statistical conclusion validity, determining the level of measurement of study variables and how this influences the choice of statistical tests, formulating an analysis plan based on research questions/hypotheses, and conducting and interpreting the output of statistical analysis. Analyzing actual clinical data using SPSS statistical software is emphasized including alternative analytic approaches such as data transformation, if the data do not meet statistical assumptions.