DOCTORAL PROGRAM

Course Description

DOCT 703: Experimental Research Design and Assessment (2 credits)

This course focuses on the practical issues of conducting an experiment.

Topics include types of experiments, and internal and external validity; the implementation stage and dealing with response biases; and issues of statistical analysis that pertain to experimentation such as ANOVA, repeated measures, and nonparametric analyses.

Students will learn how to plan and implement research, and develop an understanding of the complex issues involved in statistical analyses and reporting of results. Each student will be expected to produce a plan for an experiment in their specialization area (the dissertation topic).