title: Design and contents of an advanced distance-based statistics course for a PhD in nursing program.
abstract: Doctoral nursing students and researchers are expected to understand, critique, and conduct research that uses advanced quantitative methodology. The authors describe the design and contents of a distance-based course in multivariate statistics for PhD students in nursing and health administration, compare the design to recommendations found in the literature for distance-based statistics education, and compare the course contents to a tabulation of the methodologies used in a sample of recently published quantitative dissertations in nursing. The authors conclude with a discussion based on these comparisons as well as with experiences in course implementation and directions for future course development.
authors: Department of Community Health Outcomes & Systems, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA. andreo@uab.edu
authors: Andres
authors: A
authors: Azuero
authors: Bryan
authors: B
authors: Wilbanks
authors: Erica
authors: E
authors: Pryor
mesh_terms: D004212:Academic Dissertations as Topic; D003479:Curriculum; D020375:Education, Distance / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D013223:Statistics as Topic / Q000193:education*