Graduate Curriculum Committee Course Proposal Form for Courses Numbered 6000 and Higher Note: Before completing this form, please carefully read the accompanying instructions. Submission guidelines are posted to the GCC Web site: http://www.ecu.edu/cs-acad/gcc/index.cfm 1. Course prefix and number: NURS 8226 2. Date: 3. Requested action: New Course X Revision of Active Course Revision & Unbanking of a Banked Course Renumbering of an Existing Course from from # to X Required 3/28/2012 # Elective 4. Method(s) of delivery (check all boxes that apply for both current/proposed and expected future delivery methods within the next three years): Current or Proposed Delivery Method(s): x On-campus (face to face) Expected Future Delivery Method(s): x Distance Course (face to face off campus) Online (delivery of 50% or more of the instruction is offered online) 5. Justification (must cite accreditation and/or assessment by the graduate faculty) for new course or course revision or course renumbering: The graduate faculty of the College of Nursing in response to the 2010 AACN standards, “The Research-Focused Doctoral Program in Nursing: Pathways to Excellence”, assessed, recommended and approved the need to change the course description and objectives in this course. These changes update the course objectives and content. 6. Course description exactly as it should appear in the next catalog: 8226. Statistical Methods for Nursing Research I (3) P: Admission to the PhD in nursing program or consent of program director. Use of statistics in research to describe data, test relationships, and predict outcomes. 1 Revised 04-06-11 and posted fall of 2011 7. If this is a course revision, briefly describe the requested change: Change in course objectives to reflect AACN Standards. 8. Course credit: Lecture Hours 3 Weekly OR Lab Weekly OR Studio Weekly OR Practicum Weekly OR Internship Weekly OR Other (e.g., independent study) Please explain. Total Credit Hours Per Term Per Term Per Term Per Term Per Term Credit Hours Credit Hours Credit Hours Credit Hours Credit Hours 3 s.h. s.h. s.h. s.h. s.h. s.h. s.h. 3 8 9. Anticipated annual student enrollment: 10. Changes in degree hours of your programs: Degree(s)/Program(s) Changes in Degree Hours PhD CON 0 11. Affected degrees or academic programs, other than your programs: Degree(s)/Program(s) Changes in Degree Hours NA NA 12. Overlapping or duplication with affected units or programs: x Not applicable Documentation of notification to the affected academic degree programs is attached. 13. Council for Teacher Education (CTE) approval (for courses affecting teacher education): x Not applicable Applicable and CTE has given their approval. 14. University Service-Learning Committee (USLC) approval: x Not applicable Applicable and USLC has given their approval. 15. Statements of support: a. Staff x Current staff is adequate Additional staff is needed (describe needs in the box below): b. Facilities x Current facilities are adequate Additional facilities are needed (describe needs in the box below): 2 Revised 04-06-11 and posted fall of 2011 c. Library x Initial library resources are adequate Initial resources are needed (in the box below, give a brief explanation and an estimate for the cost of acquisition of required initial resources): d. Unit computer resources x Unit computer resources are adequate Additional unit computer resources are needed (in the box below, give a brief explanation and an estimate for the cost of acquisition): e. ITCS resources x ITCS resources are not needed The following ITCS resources are needed (put a check beside each need): Mainframe computer system Statistical services Network connections Computer lab for students Software Approval from the Director of ITCS attached 16. Course information (see: Graduate Curriculum and Program Development Manual for instructions): a. Textbook(s) and/or readings: author(s), name, publication date, publisher, and city/state/country. Include ISBN (when applicable). Textbook: Pallant J, SPSS Survival Manual (4th ed), 2010, McGraw Hill, New York/NY/USA. ISBN:9781472373928 Textbook: Dugard P, Todman J, Staines H, Approaching Multivariate Analysis (2nd ed), 2010, Routledge, New York/NY/USA. ISBN:9780415478281 Textbook: Gliner JA, Morgan GA, Leech NL, Research Methods in Applied Settings (2nd ed), 2009, Routledge, New York/NY/USA. ISBN:9780805864342 b. Course objectives for the course (student – centered, behavioral focus) Upon completion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Identify appropriate statistical tests to interpret data and answer a specific research question. 2. Use a statistical package to perform data analysis. 3. Examine the assumptions and applications of different statistical tests and how these affect interpretation. 4. Critique the statistical methods performed in nursing and interdisciplinary health research studies. 3 Revised 04-06-11 and posted fall of 2011 c. Course topic outline Types of quantitative research approaches Measurement and descriptive statistics Making inferences from samples Using SPSS t-Test and One-Way ANOVA One-Way Repeated Measures ANOVA Factorial ANOVA and Mixed Between-Within ANOVA Analysis of Covariance Multiple ANOVA Non-Parametric Statistics Pearson Correlation and Partial Correlation Multiple and Hierarchical Linear Regression d. List of course assignments, weighting of each assignment, and grading/evaluation system for determining a grade Assignments Quizzes Take Home Midterm Final Exam 30% 30% 40% Grading Scale 90-100%=A 89-80%=B 79-70%=C <70%=F 4 Revised 04-06-11 and posted fall of 2011