ED 851 - Advanced Quantitative Methods II

3 Credit(s)

This course is the continuation of ED 850. The class begins with a discussion of legal matters and ethics in research. The focus of the course is research methods and statistics that are used for group comparisons. Experimental studies along with causal-comparative studies are the research designs to be investigated. Statistics covered in this course are mainly parametric inferential statistics used for analysis of group comparison studies. This course also covers internal/external validity of research findings and control techniques of extraneous variables. The course provides opportunities for students to learn statistical software such as SPSS.
Prerequisite(s): 850