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EDL 703 Overview

Students will answer the following questions: What is the nature of research? What forms can research take? How can statistics inform the research process? This seminar introduces the process of research. Students examine various descriptive and experimental research methodologies: case study research, ethnographic research, historical research, survey research, longitudinal and correlational research, and experimental and quasi-experimental research. Students are introduced to statistical reasoning, descriptive and inferential statistics through one-way analysis of variance and to computer applications for research and statistics.