This course equips students with the competencies to understand and apply basic research concepts and evidence-based practice processes in professional settings. Students will systematically search, critique, and synthesize current literature, frame research questions relevant to your practice area, and make practice-related recommendations. Students will also explore methods for disseminating evidence and devise strategies to facilitate change.

This course is an introduction to data analysis for nursing and healthcare-related research. Course emphasis is on practical application and understanding how the research question drives the choice of particular statistical procedures. Descriptive and univariate inferential statistics will be covered. Students will learn how to create and manage simple databases in SPSS, interpret SPSS outputs, and draw statistical conclusions.