Advanced Concepts in Statistical Analysis

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This is the third course in the measurement/statistics/research methodology progression. The goal of this course is to enhance skills with a range of procedures and programs for multivariate data analysis and qualitative research methodology. The focus is on practical issues such as selecting the appropriate analysis, preparing data for analysis, menu-driven and syntax programming, interpreting output, and presenting results of a complex nature. Topics include qualitative data collection and analysis procedures, analysis of covariance, MANOVA, discriminant analysis, logistic regression, cluster analysis, structural equation modeling, hierarchical linear modeling, and approaches to mediation and moderation analysis.