QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS | Makerere University Courses

Instructor:

Ezati, Kasirye

Course Venue:

Lecture Room 127

Education

127

College of Education and External Studies

Course Code:

EDU 7102

Course Credit Units:

Semester:

Semester 1

Year of Study:

Year 1

Undergraduate or Graduate Level:

Graduate Level

College:

College of Education and External Studies

School:

School of Education (SoE)

Department:

CURRICULUM

Course Description & Objectives:

This course enables students to get acquainted with the philosophy, assumptions and principles in the quantitative paradigm. In addition, they are exposed to key steps in planning and implementation of quantitative research. The students are introduced to planning for research, descriptive and inferential statistics, and aspects of report writing.

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the course, students should be able to;

Differentiate quantitative research from qualitative research
Write a research proposal
Discuss the role of basic statistics in quantitative research
Apply statistics in the processing of quantitative data (data analysis and interpretation)
Manipulate the various variables in quantitative research

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