ADS820: Advanced Quantitative Research
Assignments completed in ADS820 fulfilled PhD standards four, five, and seven. Below you will find links to assignments completed by developing a research model based on provided data points, using SPSS to explore the potential interactions between role overload, pay satisfaction, and perceived job alternatives and their overall connection to intention to quit, and constructing a research proposal related to higher education.
Course Description
This course is designed to provide doctoral candidates with theoretical and practical preparation in quantitative research. Course work includes creation and development of hypotheses, conducting literature search, collection of data, designing research, analysis of data, and drawing appropriate conclusions. Candidates will become familiar with the ethics of quantitative research, especially the protocols for dealing with human subjects. They will be provided with hands-on experiences in using statistical software in order to complete various complex analysis of variance and regression procedures. Candidates will be expected to actively participate in a class quantitative research project.