Quantitative Design for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Research

Course aim

Students will develop skills in designing rigorous quantitative research to inform knowledge, practice, management and policy in health related fields.

Course content

Quantitative research process and problem/hypothesis selection in health care research; critical appraisal tools for evaluating methodological quality of quantitative research designs; quantitative research standards; descriptive study designs; experimental study designs (randomised controlled trials, clinical trials); quasi-experimental study designs; internal and external validity; descriptive statistics; inferential statistics; quantitative
data analysis software; implication of quantitative research for evidence based healthcare practice.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
EXTERNAL, CITY EAST, ONLINE
Online	2 hours x 13 weeks
INTERNAL, CITY EAST
Seminar	2 hours x 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Critical analysis, Presentation, Problem solving exercise

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.