COURSE DETAIL
NURS 785 Special Topics in Nursing Research: Instrumentation in Nursing
Credit hours: 3
Cluster: Quantitative Research Methods and Statistical Analysis
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Course Level: Doctoral
Institution:University of Nevada Las Vegas
Pre-requisites: Permission from Instructor
Course Description: Theories, Principles and Applications for Nursing Science;Presents theoretical and practical information about classical and modern psychometrics for health care sciences. Emphasis on understanding and applying methods of instrument development and psychometric assessment in health care research. COURSE OBJECTIVES: 1.Understand theories of instrument development and measurement. 2. Examine the relationship between the construct of interest and measurement strategies. 3. Use item development methods to generating items. 4. Manage an expert panel review for an item pool and make instrument development decisions based upon the review process. 5. Apply recommended processes for item analysis and assessment. 6. Apply reliability, validity, estimation and error criteria when reviewing an instrument. 7. Select an appropriate form of measurement for constructed instrument. 8. Identify preparatory and decision making processes in the use of factor analysis for instrument development. CENTRAL FOCUS OF COURSE: Research
Method of Instruction: METHOD OF INSTRUCTION: All Online PLATFORM: WebCampus
Campus visits required: No
Course Contact: Campus Staff Coordinator: Elizabeth Gardner
email: Elizabeth.Gardner@unlv.edu
Tuition: NEXus Common Price
Other considerations: Fall 2010
Available Seats by Semester for this course:
FALL 2010
Section:
Instructor:TBA
Seats:0
Credits: 3
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FALL 2009
Section:
Instructor:Michele Clark, RN,PhD
Seats:4
Credits: 3
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