EDA 500 Research Ed Admin

This introductory course prepares students to be consumers and designers of educational research. Discussion includes research designs (qualitative and quantitative approaches), problem selection, review of the literature, measurement issues, proposal writing and critical evaluation. Library use, descriptive statistics and a cursory discussion of inferential statistics are also included. Required for M.S. degree. Only offered if sufficient student interest. If not offered, students should substitute EPY 500 Educational Research with permission of the adviser. (3 credits)