MESA6410 · Education
Lynch School of Education & Human Development
This course provides an introduction to quantitative research, descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, and null hypothesis significance testing in the context of z tests for proportions, t tests for means, and simple linear regression. In each area, students learn how to apply statistical procedures, interpret concepts and results, effectively display data and models, and critically evaluate evidence and implications. Software instruction is provided for IBM SPSS Statistics, R, Stata, and G*Power.
Course experience
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Organization
4.8 / 5
How well the course was organized
Challenge
4.7 / 5
How intellectually challenging students found it
Attendance
4.3 / 5
How necessary attendance was
Assignments
4.7 / 5
How helpful assignments were
Weekly effort
~6
hours per week
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Across time
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Spring 2025
1 sectionFall 2024
2 sectionsSummer 2024
1 sectionSpring 2024
1 sectionFall 2023
2 sections