UGA Bulletin Logo

Quantitative Methods in Higher Education II Laboratory


Course Description

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


Athena Title

QUAN MTH HED II LAB


Pre or Corequisite

ERSH 8320


Corequisite

EDHI 8920


Semester Course Offered

Offered spring


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 manage datasets constructed from different secondary sources. 2. Master model development and testing. 3. Develop facility in programming more complex data management functions and statistical analyses. 4. Understand effective use of statistical summaries and graphical displays of complex models.


Topical Outline

1. Use of web-based tools for accessing and manipulating publicly available secondary datasets. 2. Assessing the quality of data. 3. Programming more complex routines. 4. Model building and testing. 5. Statistical summaries of complex relationships. 6. Effective use of graphical displays of complex relationships. 7. Developing effective presentations based on quantitative analyses.