Teaching quantitative and qualitative analysis to undergraduate students

Data analysis preparation for undergraduate nursing students conventionally has consisted of a required statistics course and a brief discussion of analysis strategies within an introductory research course. For students to view inquiry as integral to their practice, it is imperative that data analysis be taught in a manner whereby it may be incorporated into their repertoire of skills for nursing inquiry. This article describes an interdisciplinary, introductory course in quantitative and qualitative analysis taught in the context of three requisite inquiry courses: knowledge development, nursing inquiry, and nursing research.