Advanced Quantitative Research Skills

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Understand the concepts behind, and mathematical mechanics of, bivariate correlation and regression, as applied to categorical and continuous variables
• Implementation of statistical procedures within the R environment and SPSS
• Be able to conduct analyses in SPSS and PROCESS that involve regression as applied to competitive, mediational, and moderational analysis.
• Understand the conceptual basis of regression, as applied to competitive, mediational, and moderational analysis, as well as interpretational issues that arise.
• Data manipulation - acquiring skills in flexible matrix manipulation
• Data visualisation - learning how to create high-quality figures, especially associated with more complex analyses (e.g. three dimensional scatter plots, Trellis displays, etc.).
• Scripting - programming an analysis in such a way that the script can be used with minimal effort for similar datasets and analyses and for especially large datasets

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.