EER502 QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS (8)
Enrolment restriction(s): Master of Education, Master of Education (Special Education), Bachelor of Education (Primary) (Honours) and Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood) (Honours) students only.
Prerequisite(s): EER500 Understanding and Critiquing Educational Research
This subject introduces students to several commonly used statistical procedures including univariate and multivariate analysis of variance, multiple regression analysis, factor analysis and meta-analysis.  Important issues such as hypothesis testing and error, and statistical power are also examined.  As the central aim of the subject is to enable students to become intelligent and critical readers of research literature, the emphasis is on understanding the purposes and constraints of the various statistical procedures rather than their mathematical underpinnings.  this subject is closely linked to EER500 Understanding and Critiquing Educational Research, EER501 Qualitative Research Methods and ERP402 Education Honours Project/Dissertation.