Lecture, five hours. Requisite: English Composition 3. Introduction to planning research project based on simple question. Review of components of research activities: specific aims and study purposes, variable definition, sample selection, data collection tools, data analyses, and ethical conduct in research studies. Examples of research used as models to demonstrate steps of research process as related to nursing practice. Emphasis on comprehension of research terminology and concepts that are part of each step of research process. Students critique published research. Study by example of relationship between theory and nursing research. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading.