INTRODUCTION TO QUANTITATIVE INQUIRY IN EDUCATION

EDPOL 209

Introduction to how quantitative inference is used in education policy. Focuses on the use of quantitative reasoning as a tool to analyze and interpret data. Activities support understanding the basics of generating and interpreting data in both visual and numerical form. Includes a practical component that provides opportunities to practice interpreting and writing about data.

EDPSYCH 971

Discuss a different current article from the educational statistics and measurement literature. Explore a variety of subjects in which one might like to eventually conduct research.

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.

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 827

Methods and concepts of survey research methods as they are commonly used in education research. Strategies include surveys (phone, mail, electronic, in person), logs/diaries, and experience sampling instruments. Emphasis is given to self-administered surveys, including periodic surveys, since these strategies are the most common in education research.