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.
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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
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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):
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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.
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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
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