NURSING RESEARCH AND STATISTICS

Placement 1st Year Hours of Instruction Theory :150 Hours Practical :100 Hours Total: 250 Hours

Part A: Nursing Research

Course Description:The Course is designed to assist the students to acquire an understanding of the research methodology and statistical methods as a asis for identifying research !ro lem" !lanning and im!lementing a research !lan# It $ill further ena le the students to e%aluate research studies and utili&e research findings to im!ro%e quality of nursing !ractice" education and management# General Ob ecti!es: 't the end of the course" the students $ill e a le to : 1# (efine asic research terms and conce!ts# 2# )e%ie$ literature utili&ing %arious sources *# (escri e research methodology +# (e%elo! a research !ro!osal# 5# Conduct a research study# ,# 'naly&e and inter!ret the research data -# Communicate research findings .# /tili&e research findings 0# Critically e%aluate nursing research studies 10# $rite scientific !a!er for !u lication

CONTENT OUT"INE Unit I Hours Theor# Practical 10 $2 Intro%uction : II 5 '()* + III 12 5 method# Inducti%e and deducti%e reasoning )esearch 3 definition" Characteristics" !ur!oses" 2inds of research Historical 4%olution of research in nursing 5asic research terms 6co!e of nursing research : areas" !ro lems in nursing" health and social research& )ole of research in nursing 4%idence ased !ractice 4thics in research Course Content

1ethods of acquiring 2no$ledge 3 !ro lem sol%ing and scientific

7%er%ie$ of )esearch !rocess Re!ie, o- "iterature 8 Im!ortance" !ur!oses" sco!e" sources" criteria for selection of resources and ste!s in re%ie$ing literature# Research Approaches an% %esigns Ty!e: 9uantitati%e and 9ualitati%e Historical" sur%ey and e:!erimental 3 Characteristics" ty!es ad%antages and disad%antages 9ualitati%e: Phenomenology" grounded Theory" ethnogra!hy )esearch designs" its im!ortance " characteristics of good design

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Threats to internal and e:ternal %alidity Research proble. : Identification of research !ro lem" Sources o- research proble. <ormulation of !ro lem statement and research o =ecti%es (efinition of terms 'ssum!tions and delimitations and li.itation Identification of %aria les Hy!othesis 3 definition" formulation and ty!es

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Hours Course Content Theor# Practical 5 5 De!eloping theoretical / conceptual -ra.e,or0 Theories: >ature" Characteristics" Pur!ose and uses /sing" testing and de%elo!ing conce!tual frame$or2" models and

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theories Sa.pling Po!ulation and sam!le <actors influencing sam!ling 6am!ling techniques 6am!le si&e Pro a ility and sam!ling 4rror

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Pro lems of sam!ling Tools an% .etho%s o- Data collection : Conce!ts of data collection (ata sources" methods?techniques quantitati%e and qualitati%e Tools for data collection 3 ty!es" characteristics and their de%elo!ment ;alidity and relia ility of tools Procedure for data collection I.ple.enting research plan Pilot study" re%ie$ research !lan @designA" !lanning for data collection" administration of tool ? inter%entions" collection of data Anal#sis an% interpretation o- %ata Plan for data analysis: quantitati%e and qualitati%e (escri!ti%e and Inferential 'nalysis Pre!aring data for com!uter analysis and !resentation 6tatistical analysis Inter!retation of data Conclusion and generali&ations 6ummary and discussion

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Unit B

Hours Course Content Theor# Practical 10 Reporting an% utili2ing research -in%ings: Communication of research resultsC oral and $ritten Driting research re!ort !ur!oses" methods and style-%ancou%er" 'merican Psychological 'ssociation @'P'A" Cam! ell etc

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Driting scientific article for !u lication: !ur!oses E style Critical analysis of research re!orts and articles (e%elo!ing and !resenting a research !ro!osal

Acti!ities 'nnotated 5i liogra!hy of research re!orts and articles )e%ie$ of literature of selected to!ic and re!orting <ormulation of !ro lem statement" o =ecti%e and hy!othesis (e%elo!ing theoretical?conce!tual frame$or2# Pre!aration of a sam!le research tool Conducting %alidity and relia ility of research tool 'nalysis and inter!retation of gi%en data (e%elo!ing and !resenting research !ro!osal Fournal clu !resentation Critical e%aluation of selected research studies Driting a scientific !a!er#

3etho% o- Teaching Gecture - cum 3 discussion 6eminar ? Presentations Pro=ect Class room e:ercises Fournal clu

3etho%s o- E!aluation 9ui&" Tests @termA 'ssignments ? Term !a!er )e%ie$ of literature of at least 20 Fournals and 20 oo2 - 50 mar2s )esearch Critiques- 50 mar2s Presentations- Presentation of t$o related researches Pro=ect Dor2 Pro=ect on to!ic of Interest 45 .ar0s 655 .ar0s

PART 7 8 : STATISTICS
Course Description 't the end of the course" the students $ill e a le to de%elo! an understanding of the statistical methods and a!!ly them in conducting research studies in nursing#

Theor# 45 Hrs9 : Practical 45 Hrs9 General Ob ecti!es 't the end of the course the students $ill e a le to 1# 4:!lain the asic conce!ts related to statistics 2# (escri e the sco!e of statistics in health and nursing *# 7rgani&e" ta ulate and !resent data meaningfully +# /se descri!ti%e and inferential statistics to !redict results# 5# (ra$ conclusions of the study and !redict statistical significance of the results# ,# (escri e %ital health statistics and their use in health related research -# /se statistical !ac2ages for data analysis# Hours Theor# Practical + Intro%uction : II III + + + 5

Unit I

Course Content

Conce!ts" ty!es" significance" and sco!e of statistics meaning of data" !arameliric and no-!araametrc data 6am!le" !arameter Ty!e and le%els of data and their measurement 7rgani&ation and !resentation of data 3 Ta ulation of data: <requency distri ution

Hra!hical and ta ular !resentations 3easures o- central ten%enc# : 1ean" 1edian" mode 3easures o- !ariabilit#: 8 )ange" Percntiles" a%erage de%iation" quartile de%iation" standard de%iation

Unit I;

Hours Theor# Practical * 2 Nor.al Distribution : cur%eC sam!ling error# 2 2 Cumulati%e distri ution

Course Content

8 Pro a ility " Characteristics and a!!lication of normal !ro a ility

The cumulati%e frequency gra!h" Percentiles and !ercentile ran2s ; , . The Cumulati%e !ercentage cur%e or 7gi%e 3easures o- relationship : ;I + 2 Correlation 3 need and meaning )an2 order correlation 6catter diagram method Product moment correlation

6im!le linear regression analysis and !rediction# Designs an% .eaning: 4:!erimental designs Com!arison in !airs" randomi&ed loc2 design" Gatin squares Signi-icance o- statistic an% signi-icance o- %i--erence bet,een t,o statistics 'testing h#pothesis* >on !arametric test 3 Chi 3 square test" 6ign median test" 1annDhitney test#

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Parametric test 3 ItJ test" ano%a" mano%a" anco%a" PearsonJs r Use o- statistical .etho%s in ps#cholog# an% e%ucation: 6caling 3 K 6core " K 6caling 6tandard 6core and T score )elia ility of test 6cores: test-retest method" !arallel forms" s!ilt

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half method Application o- statistics in health: ratios" )ates" Trends ;ital health statistics 3 5irth and death rates#

1easures related to fertility" mor idity and mortality Use o- co.puters -or %ata anal#sis /se of statistical !ac2age#

Acti!ities 4:ercises on organi&ation and ta ulation of data# Hra!hical and ta ular !resentation of data Calculation of descri!ti%e and inferential statistics @Chi" square" t-test" correlationA Practice in using statistical !ac2age Com!uting %ital health statistics Gecture 3 cum-discussion (emonstration 3 on data organi&ation" ta ulation" calculation of statistics" use of statistical !ac2age" Classroom e:ercises" organi&ation and ta ulation of data" Com!uting (escri!ti%e and inferential statisticsC %ital and health statistics and use of com!uter for data entry and analysis using statistical !ac2age# 3etho%s o- E!aluation: Test " Classroom statistical e:ercises Techniques Test 3 @2 testsA Deightage 10 mar2s 100L Internal Assess.ent

3etho%s o- Teaching:

Internal Assess.ent : Theor#

I9 Test 1ar2s 1A 2A 1id term Pre final 50 -5 125 )esearch *0 50 .0 6tatistics 20 25 +5

+0L of test mar2s - 65 .ar0s II# Assign.ents i# ii# )e%ie$ of literature on to!ic of Interest @'t least 20 oo2s and 20 FournalsA - 50 mar2s Critiquing Total III9 Presentation Presentation of t$o related researches - 50 mar2s - Total 655 .ar0s 20L of Presentation I;9 Pro ect ,or0 20L 4 .ar0s 4 .ar0s 50 mar2s 100 mar2s

20L of 'ssignments 3 5 mar2s

Re-erences 7 -or Nursing Research an% Statistics

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Fournals: 1 Fournal of nursing !ractice and research# 2 Indian =ournal of medical ethics#