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RES 605 Quantitative Methods (EdD)

Department: Doctor of Education/ Doctor of Philosophy in Education
Module Description: This module aims to present students with and familiarise them with, a range of methods of data collection and analysis. These will span a range of open and closed ended techniques and both quantitative and qualitative analyses. It will consider the strengths and weaknesses of scientific and quasi-scientific approaches, the proposal and testing of hypotheses and the appropriateness of such methods in education. It will teach students to critically evaluate and use a significant a range of statistical skills and, practices and techniques used for interpreting numerical data.

Module text(s)

Ary, D. (2019). Introduction to research in education. 10th edn. Boston, MA: Cengage.
Brace, N., Kemp, R. & Snelgar, R. (2016). SPSS for psychologists: a guide for to data analysis using SPSS for windows. 6^th edn. Great Britain: Palgrave Macmillan.
Cohen, L., Manion, L. & Morrison, K. (2018). Research methods in education. 7th edn. Abingdon: Routledge.
Creswell, J. W. (2018). Educational research: planning, conducting, and evaluating quantitative and qualitative research. 6^th edn. Pearson.
Field, A. P. & Hole, G. (2003). How to design and report experiments. London: Sage.
Field, A. (2018). Discovering statistics using IBM SPSS statistics. 5^th edn. London: Sage.
Greene, J. & D’Oliveira, M. (2003). Learning to use statistical tests in psychology. 3^rd edn. Great Britain: Open University Press.
Harris, P. (2008). Designing and reporting experiments in psychology. 3^rd edn. Great Britain: Open University Press.
Muijs, D. (2010). Doing quantitative research in education with SPSS. 2^nd edn. London: Sage.
Pallant, J. (2016). A step by step guide to data analysis using SPSS: survival manual. 6^th edn. New York: McGraw Hill.

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RES 605 Quantitative Methods (EdD): Home

Department: Doctor of Education/ Doctor of Philosophy in Education