Basic Statistics for the Health Care Professions

Catalog description

This core course provides learners with a basic understanding of methods commonly used in clinical research and nursing education. Learners are introduced to types of research designs and how to define research questions and form hypotheses. Key statistical concepts are reviewed including sampling, level of measurement, descriptive statistics, probability correlation and hypothesis testing. Inferential statistical tests including chi square, independent and dependent samples t-tests, simple linear regression, analysis of variance and nonparametric tests are also reviewed.