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nonlinear regression models to analyze both epidemiologic (survey) and clinical data.
Assignments will provide the student with hands-on data analytic experience (with relevant
SAS procedures) and with a workbook of specific examples that can be applied to the
student's subsequent research activities. Prerequisite: Statistical Analysis I: GLM (or
equivalent). Permission of department required.. 3 units.
605. Longitudinal Methods. Focus is on longitudinal research methods, including
conceptualization, design, data management, and analysis. Assumptions and limitations of
longitudinal statistics, particularly the general linear mixed model, generalized estimating
equations, and survival modeling; relationship between design and analyses; and strategies
to maintain scientific integrity are covered. Topics include estimating and interpreting
coefficients in mixed models, assessing model fit, and significance testing using SAS
procures. Assignments will provide the student with hands on data analytic experience (with
relevant SAS procedures). Prerequisite: Statistical Analyses I and II or their equivalent.
Instructor: Landerman/Holditch-Davis. 3 units.
606. Qualitative Research Methods. Focus is on theoretical and methodological aspects
of qualitative research methods. Discusses qualitative research approaches from a variety of
disciplines and philosophical traditions, with emphasis on the application of research
designs and data collection and analysis techniques to nursing studies. The relevance of
these approaches to advancement of knowledge and practice in nursing and healthcare is
explored. Permission of department required.. 3 units.
607A. Doctoral Seminar in Nursing Science I: Overview of Chronic Illness & Care
System. First semester of two-semester overview of science & research in chronic illness
and care systems. This doctoral seminar will provide an overview of science and research
on the trajectories of chronic illness and care systems. Fall topics will include an overview
of the trajectories model, patterns of human responses to chronic illness, approaches to
understanding trajectories and development, and the care systems with which individuals
and groups interact to change illness trajectories.. 3 units.
607B. Doctoral Seminar in Nursing Science I: Overview of Chronic Illness & Care
Systems. Second seminar of a two-semester overview of science & research in chronic
illness and care systems. Spring topics focus on the environmental and organizational
context of chronic illness. Faculty and students will explore competing theoretical
perspectives and consider how each would guide an empirical study in a specific research
area. In addition, students will be introduced to DUSON research faculty and the research
going on in the school. The seminar also addresses scholarly skill development including
research synthesis, authorship, academic integrity, grant writing, and human subjects; issues
with vulnerable populations.. 3 units.
608A. Doctoral Seminar in Nursing Science II: Topics in Chronic Illness & Care
Systems. This doctoral seminar will provide in-depth study of selected topics related to
trajectories of chronic illness and care systems. Topics will vary with the dissertation
research interests of the PhD students and expertise of DUSON faculty. Examples of topics
include disease prevention, symptom management; physical, emotional and cognitive
function, fatigue/sleep, quality of life, informal caregiving (self and family) and care system
interventions. The student examines and synthesizes critical theoretical, substantive, and
methodological issues in preparation for the individualized qualifying examination to be
taken at the end of second year or beginning of third year and writes a research literature
synthesis paper that critiques design and measurement issues in the dissertation research
area. Each student also will conduct a small-scale psychometric study of measures drawn
from an existing dataset with relevance for the student¿s research area. Prerequisites: Nsg
Sci I: Chr Ill & Care Sys. Instructor: Davis, Holditch-Davis. 3 units.
608B. Doctoral Seminar in Nursing Science II: Topics in Chronic Illness & Care
Systems. Second semester of a two-semester in-depth study of topics in trajectories of
chronic illness and care systems (e.g. prevention, symptom management, and physical/
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