EDU 9802 QUANTITATIVE METHODS I

DESCRIPTIVE & INFERENTIAL STATISTICS

SYLLABUS ORGANIZATION

Prof. Morote

    (8.30-4.30)

UNIT ONE: INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS AND CORRESPONDING RESEARCH METHODS

• Methods of categorizing statistical procedures
• variables and levels of measurement
• identifying types of research variables
• types of quantitative research designs

UNIT TWO: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS - UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS

• Characteristics of the normal distribution curve
• measures of central tendency, variability, relative position, and shape
• frequency distributions

Lab: SPSS Frequencies

UNIT THREE: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: BIVARIATE ANALYSIS

Parametric test of relationship: Using interval and ratio data

Lab: bivaritate correlation and linear regression & scatterplot

UNIT FOUR: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: BIVARIATE ANALYSIS

• Non parametric: Tests of Relationship: Using nominal and ordinal data

Lab: Crosstabs

Review Exam: Covering Units One through Four

UNIT FIVE: INFERENTIAL STATISTICS METHODS

• Assumptions (theory) or inferential tests
• Sample distributions
• Hypothesis testing
• Tests of statistical significance
• Statistical estimation (estimating population parameters)

Lab: t-test, one way anova

Review Exam: Unit five only