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Course Description
This course on advanced statistics focuses on analyzing multivariate data for applications-oriented doctoral students
in Education. The topics covered in the course include descriptive statistics, t-test, analysis of variance, correlation,
chi-square, simple linear regression, multiple linear regression analysis. The level of analysis for the statistical
results is integrated with theories in the social sciences.
Course Objectives
Content Activity
Overview of the course Pretest on descriptive and inferential statistics
Discussion on descriptive and inferential statistics based on pretest
questions
List of topics covered for multivariate statistics
t-test Lecture on t-test for independent samples and t-test for dependent samples
Exercise: Running t-test using MS Excel and SPSS
Interpretation of t-test results
Assignment (submit using email): Look for studies
(locally/internationally/online) employing t-test
References
Baron, R.M. & Kenny, D.A. (1986) The moderator-mediator variable distinction in social psychological research:
Conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51, 1173-1182.
Fraenkel, J.R. & Wallen, N.E. (2010). How to design and evaluate research in education (7th ed.). McGraw-Hill
International Edition.
Levin, J. et al. (2009). Elementary statistics in social research (11th ed.). Pearson: Allyn and Bacon.
Tabachnick, B.G. & Fidell, L.S. (2001). Using multivariate statistics (4th ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.