Evidence-based program requirements: evaluation of statistics as a required course.(STATISTICS PREREQUISITE)

From: Nursing Education Perspectives | Date: January 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

ABSTRACT A retrospective student record review was conducted to determine how achievement in a prerequisite statistics course related to achievement in nursing research courses and the overall program for undergraduate and graduate nursing students. For undergraduate students (n = 218 generic, n = III RN/BS),the statistics grade was associated with 4.3 percent of the variance in research course grades and 6.8 percent of the variance in graduating grade point average (GPA), controlling for entering GPA. For students in accelerated second-degree programs (n = 33), there were minimal ...

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