Course
Number:
EDGI 604
Title:
Quantitative Literacy: Interpreting and reporting data for educational policy
and research
Credit
Hours: 3
Course Description:
The course will focus on both the art and science of quantitative
methods by identifying how to draw careful insights from quantitative analyses.
Students will read & discuss existing educational studies as well as review
the results from quantitative analysis with a focus on 1) understanding the
analytic approach, 2) interpreting the quantitative results, 3) best practices
for visually displaying findings in figures and tables, and 4) using
quantitative data to tell a compelling narrative. The course addresses the
types of questions that can be addressed through quantitative methods, the
importance of samples & describing a sample; summary data, patterns, and
trends; the comparison of groups; the results from multiple regression analysis,
experimental, and quasi-experimental research.