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Quantitative Methods in Higher Education I Laboratory


Course Description

Use of software designed for data access, data management, statistical computing, and graphical presentation.


Athena Title

QUAN MTH HED I LAB


Corequisite

EDHI 8910


Semester Course Offered

Offered fall


Grading System

S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)


Course Objectives

In this course, students will learn to: 1. Use the Stata statistical software program (or equivalent) to analyze secondary data. 2. Identify, download, and analyze secondary data from national, state, and local sources. 3. Prepare statistical reports describing key relationships in such data.


Topical Outline

1. Introduction to web-based tools for accessing publicly available secondary datasets. 2. Introduction to Stata statistical software program (or equivalent). 3. Using Stata (or equivalent) to conduct basic descriptive and exploratory analyses. Graphical displays of data. 4. Using Stata (or equivalent) to manipulate data. Introduction to programming simple transformations & analyses. 5. Assembling effective statistical reports.