EDU739: Quantitative Approaches to Research

The unit addresses designs and methods of quantitative research used in educational and social science inquiry. Students will consider how quantitative data are generated, analysed and interpreted in research and evaluation projects in education and the social sciences.  The unit will include a variety of research designs; methods for collecting data using different formats; confirming the quality of data for the purposes for which they are collected; relating sets of data; and methods for comparing groups.

Related Unit Codes:

Points	4
Enrolment Options	Murdoch: S2-external
Contact Time	External: No attendance required. On-campus meetings will usually be available.
Prerequisites	Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.
Exclusions
School	School of Education
Unit Coordinator	Dr Andrew McConney Position: Senior Lecturer E-mail: A.Mcconney@murdoch.edu.au Location: Murdoch Campus Education and Humanities Room 3.011 Phone: Prefix: +618 9360 6995
Unit Contacts	Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Dr Andrew McConney Senior Lecturer (A.Mcconney@murdoch.edu.au) 9360 6995 Murdoch Campus Education and Humanities Room 3.011 MURDOCH S2: External (02/08/2010 - 26/11/2010)

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations: APMISIN Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore) CEJTOKYO Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo) JKURASHIKI NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan) KDUPG KDU College (Penang, Malaysia) KDUPJ KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) SGP-REPOLY Republic Polytechnic (Singapore) SMANUFED Singapore Manufacturing Federation ZHENGZHOU Zhengzhou University (China)