EPRS 8530 - Quantitative Methods and Analysis in Education I

3 Credit Hours
Description
This is the introductory course in a sequence of three courses (including the core requirement EPRS 8530 and the elective courses EPRS 8540 and EPRS 8550) designed to provide theoretical and applied understandings of quantitative research. Fundamentals of research and hypothesis testing are taught and then built upon for instruction in experimental, quasi-experimental, and correlational designs along with the requisite statistical tools for analyzing data from these designs. In addition, skills are developed in the use of SPSS, reviewing research articles, and writing research papers.