Learn how to select the best research methodology for your PhD, including qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods.

EDUC 8230/8240: An Introduction to Quantitative Methods in Educational Research and Quantitative Methods II PSYC 5741/5751: General Statistics 1 and General Statistics 2 SOC 5111/6111: Data 1: ...

This process is most critical when it comes to crafting powerful sociological arguments and theories that are supported by empirical evidence. Our interest in the design of quantitative research and ...

Janice L. Metcalfe-Smith 1,*, Joanne Di Maio 1, Shawn K. Staton 2, Gerald L. Mackie 3, Effect of sampling effort on the efficiency of the timed search method for sampling freshwater mussel communities ...

Sampling Distribution of the Mean: This method shows a normal distribution where the middle is the mean of the sampling distribution. As such, it represents the mean of the overall population. To ...

Recently, a research team at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) proposed a novel model optimization algorithm named External Calibration-Assisted ...

Another common method of achieving a random or representative sample is referred to as systematic sampling. With this method, to begin, members—or elements—of a study, are chosen from a random ...

Exploring the design of quantitative research and the analysis of quantitative data will allow students to discuss problems of measurement and sampling, conceptualization, inference, and causality.