QUANTITATIVE ETHNOGRAPHY

EDPOL 309

Introduces how quantitative research methods are applied in empirical education research. Focused on data exploration, manipulation, visualization, and simple analyses with secondary datasets and R or other programming language.

ANTHRO 545

Survey of psychologically oriented approaches in cultural anthropology: ethnopsychiatry, the ethnography of emotion, conceptions of the self, cognitive development, and culturally defined deviance and mental illness.

EDPSYCH 301

Introduction to theories of learning in formal and informal settings, including theories related to memory, learning, and intelligence; cognitive, social, and affective aspects of learning; the influence of context on learning, including learning with psychological tools, such as language and technological resources; individual differences that may affect learning; and practical applications of learning theory.

EDPSYCH 560

Presents introductory research procedures in the social sciences, including the exploration of theoretical foundations and practical use of basic tools and programs needed for quantitative and qualitative data analysis. Examines how different methodologies can complement or compete with the other, and showcases how pertinent quantitative and qualitative methods are applied in the field of learning analytics with particular emphasis on data about - and therefore issues in - learning environments such as classrooms, online courses, apprenticeships and internships, museum exhibits, after school programs, and other formal and informal educational contexts.

EDPSYCH/ELPA 822

Utilize the concepts and methods of quantitative social science research to conduct research on education issues. Topics include hypothesis testing, statistical inference, point estimates, graphic and numerical data displays, correlation and regression.