Scholarly Inquiry and EBP II

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Students study principles of experimental, qualitative, and survey research methods and the application of these methods to the field of occupational therapy. Emphasis is placed on the student’s ability to locate, select, critique, and synthesize quantitative and qualitative research. Students will explore the function of the research question, hypotheses, study design, sampling, study variables, measurement, reliability, validity, and statistics in the analysis and evaluation of research literature. In addition to descriptive statistics, students are introduced to linear regression, comparison of means, and categorical data analysis (chi-square and logistic regression). Statistics for comparison of results across studies will also be discussed (e.g., effect size, odds ratio). Prerequisites: Successful completion of the previous semester, OTD 5243