NURS 330 - Biostatistics for Nursing

Credits: 3

Description
This course introduces biostatistics for nursing and allied health professionals. It presents the basic concepts of statistical ideas and methods, aiming to equip students to carry out standard statistical procedures and to follow statistical reasoning in their fields of study. The course covers descriptive statistics, basic probability concepts and distributions, classic estimation and hypothesis testing, regression and correlation, sampling and survey construction, analysis of frequency and count data, and measures of validity and reliability.

Student Learning Outcomes

Summarize and interpret data visually through appropriate statistical graphs.
Describe density curves and the properties of the normal distributions.
Evaluate correlations and linear relationships of explanatory and response variables.
Describe sampling distributions and the central limit theorem.
Analyze statistical inference using confidence intervals and tests of significance.
Explain the differences among various statistical techniques and identify an appropriate technique or a given set of variables and research questions.
Apply professional standards to the use of statistics in providing individualized patient care.

Prerequisite: Admission to BSN Program.
Corequisite: None

Graded: Letter Grade