LEAD 560 - Data Analysis in Higher Education

3 Credit(s)

This course introduces the concepts and skills involved in understanding and analyzing research in a variety of areas in higher education. The course provides an overview of basic, general knowledge of various research methodologies. It emphasizes the conceptual underpinnings of statistical analysis of data, including univariate and bivariate descriptive statistics, sampling distributions, statistical estimation, hypothesis testing and procedures in testing statistical hypothesis for one and two sample designs. This course also enhances students’ abilities to locate, read, comprehend, and critically analyze research articles and reports.