Quantitative Research Designs
1. Identify the noninterventional or nonexperimental designs (descriptive and correlational) and intervention or experimental designs (quasi-experimental and experimental) commonly used in quantitative nursing studies.
2. Describe the concepts relevant to quantitative research designs.
3. Examine study designs for strengths and threats to design validity.
4. Critically appraise descriptive and correlational designs in studies.
5. Describe the elements of designs that examine causality.
6. Critically appraise the interventions implemented in studies.
7. Critically appraise the quasi-experimental and experimental designs in studies.
8. Examine the quality of randomized controlled trials conducted in nursing.
