NURS 7505 - Biostatistics

This course is designed to provide the graduate student with a basic understanding of the practical application of selected biostatistical methods used in clinically-oriented nursing research. Particular emphasis will be placed on facilitating the graduate students' understanding of the relationship between a given research design, choice of research questions/hypotheses, and selection of appropriate statistical analyses. Emphasis will be placed on being able to read, understand, and interpret the findings from clinically-oriented nursing research articles which make use of such statistical techniques.