| Credit |
6 points |
| Availability |
non-standard teaching period |
| Old unit code |
300.633 |
| Outcomes |
Students are able to critically analyse reports from assessment and evaluation studies in education and the social sciences; identify appropriate techniques for the analysis of quantitative data; and interpret and present the results of such analyses in an appropriate format. |
| Content |
This unit focuses on the principles of research design and the analysis of quantitative data from research and evaluation studies in education and the social sciences. Topics include reliability, validity, the interpretation of quantitative data and the development of measuring instruments and scales. |
| Assessment |
Students submit an assignment on which their unit grade is based.
Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit. |
| Unit Co-ordinator(s) |
Associate Professor Elaine Chapman |
| Location |
UWA (Crawley) |
| Mode |
on-campus |
| Unit Rules |
| Advisable prior study: EDUC8631 Approaches to Research or EDUC9643 Master's Thesis Phase I or equivalent |
Contact hours—25 hrs (compressed unit, 12–16 April)
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