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Quantitative Methods and Analysis in Education 1
EPRS 8530 (CRN 50758)
SUMMER 2011
Instructor: Vincent Hunter, Department of Educational Policy Studies
Office: College of Ed. Bldg.
e-mail: chunter1@student.gsu.edu
Web for Courses: http://education.gsu.edu/coshima/
Office Hours: 3:30-3:55 PM in Sparks 131) or by appointment
Course Requirements
Class Schedule: 6/6/11 – 7/18/11
Monday & Wednesday 4:00 p.m.-6:55 p.m. Room -Sparks 131)
(Exam 1 June 27, 2011 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.)
(Exam 2 July 20, 2011 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.)
Texts: Minium, E. W., Clarke, R. C., & Coladarci, T. (1999).
Elements of statistical reasoning (2nd Ed.). John New York:
Wiley & Sons. (Required)
Creighton, T.B. (2006). Schools and data: The educator’s
guide for using data to improve decision making (2nd Ed.).
Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press. (Optional for School
Leaders)
Huck, S. W. (2010). Reading statistics and research (6th
Ed.). New York: HarperCollins. (Optional, recommended for
everyone)
Wright, K., Russell, A., Beggs R., May, G., & Oshima, T.C.
(2006). SPSS for windows: A survival guide. (Available on
uLearn.)
Class notes available at http://education.gsu.edu/coshima/
Articles: Oshima, T.C., & Domaleski, C.S. (2006). Academic
performance gap between summer-birthday and fall-birthday
children in grades K–8. Journal of Educational Research,
99(4) 212-217.
On-Line Resources:
Ridley, D. S., Hurwitz, S., Davis Hackett, M.R., & Knutson
Miller, K. (2005). Comparing PDS and Campus-Based
Preservice Teacher Preparation: Is PDS-Based Preparation
Really Better? Journal of Teacher Education, 56(1), 46-56.
South Alabama Site (Educational Research by Johnson & Chistensen)
http://www.southalabama.edu/coe/bset/johnson/dr_johnson/2textbook.htm
Introduction to Educational Research by Suter http://www.sagepub.com/eic/
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Readingstats.com http://readingstats.com/
HyperStat Online http://davidmlane.com/hyperstat/index.html
Rice Virtual Lab http://onlinestatbook.com/rvls.html
An extensive library of video lectures for this course will be
available on uLearn. These may be useful for review, but you are
not expected to watch them.
Prerequisite: Basic Math. See Appendix A (p.427 in Minium et al.).
Exams: (Exam 1 - June 27, 2011 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.)
(Exam 2 - July 20, 2011 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.)
Quizzes: There will be weekly on-line quizzes (“Assessments” in
uLearn, also known as WebCT). Quizzes are due by the
beginning of class on the day indicated on the outline.
Assignments: There will be no graded homework assignments. A list of
suggested problems is provided in the outline. These are to
help you practice the concepts presented in class. They
will not be collected. If you request it, worked problems
will be reviewed and feedback provided.
Computer/Writing
Projects: There will be two writing projects (computer HW
assignments). See the separate instructions at
http://education.gsu.edu/coshima/EPRS8530/writingProj.pdf
Projects may be turned in before the due date if they are
ready.
Grades: Grades will be based on the student's performance on the
two exams (Exam 1 and Exam 2), the mean score of quizzes,
and the mean score of the writing projects. They are
weighted as follows: .30 x Exam 1 + .30 x Exam 2 + .20 x
Mean Quiz Score + .20 x writing projects.
Cut scores of 90, 80, 70, 60, and 0 will apply for grades
A, B, C, D, and F, respectively.
All the assignments have to be completed to obtain credits
for the class. Make-up exams may be given with the
instructor's permission.
Participation will not be graded. However, active
participation is required and expected. If the instructor
notices a lack of participation, a notice will be given to
the student via e-mail. After two such notices, if the
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student fails to actively participate, then the course
grade will be lowered by 10%.
Academic Honesty: Please see the section of the general catalog which
describes the university policy on academic honesty. The
policy provides descriptions of what violates the policy
and the penalties that may be imposed for violations.
Departmental policy authorizes professors to assign failing
grades for any work that does not meet the standards of
academic honesty. Any violation of academic honesty may
result in a failing grade in a course.
Note: The last day to withdraw and possibly receive a "W" is
7/1/2011.
Course Description
This is the introductory course in a sequence of three courses (including the
core requirement EPRS8530 and the elective courses EPRS8540 and EPRS8550)
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.
Students will be able to:
Course Goals
1. Form a clear and concise research statement/question.
2. Operationalize terms and variables relevant to the research query posed.
3. Explain the differences among experimental, quasi-experimental, and
correlational designs.
4. Plan a study that incorporates a basic:
Experimental design.
Quasi-experimental design.
Correlational design.
5. Select and conduct the appropriate analysis to interpret, in terms of the
research query, the results from data from basic experimental, quasiexperimental,
and correlational designs.
6. Demonstrate at least basic ability to write a Method section and Results
section of a research report.
Outline
Please see the attached Excel sheet for the detailed outline.
Note: The course syllabus provides a general plan for the course.
Deviation may be necessary.
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