Quantitative Design for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Research
Course Level Postgraduate
Course Level Postgraduate
Area/Catalogue
NURS 5152
Course Level
Postgraduate
Offered Externally
Yes
Note: This offering may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.
Course ID
153302
Unit Value
4.5
University-wide elective course
No
The 2025 timetable is
not yet available.
Course owner
UniSA Clinical & Health Sciences
Students will develop skills in designing rigorous quantitative research to inform knowledge, practice, management and policy in health related fields.
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.
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Component | Duration | ||
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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.
Critical analysis, Presentation, Problem solving exercise
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.