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Graduate 2020-2021

Applied Statistics and Research Methods

College of Education and Behavioral Sciences

A Doctoral Minor in Applied Statistics and Research Methods is available to students in any UNC doctoral program with the approval of their doctoral program advisor.

Doctoral Minor Requirements — 15 Credits

Required courses — 15 hours

A minimum of 15 credit hours completed during the student’s UNC doctoral program with grades of “B-” or better from the following courses:

SRM 519Qualitative Analysis Software

1

SRM 520Introduction to Statistical Computing

1

SRM 521Statistical Computing with SPSS

1

SRM 522Introduction to R

1

SRM 523Introduction to SQL

1

SRM 602Statistical Methods I

3

SRM 603Statistical Methods II

3

SRM 606Multiple Linear Regression Analysis

3

SRM 607Non-Parametric Statistics

3

SRM 608Experimental Design

3

SRM 609Sampling Methods

3

SRM 610Statistical Methods III

3

SRM 611Advanced Statistical Data Analysis

3

SRM 625Applied Multiple Regression Analysis

3

SRM 626Applied Multilevel Modeling

3

SRM 627Survey Research Methods

3

SRM 629Structural Equation Modeling

3

SRM 635Categorical Data Analysis

3

SRM 636Applied Bayesian Statistics

3

SRM 637Applied Time Series Analysis

3

SRM 660Mixed Methods Research

3

SRM 665Data Analysis for Decision-Making

3

SRM 670Evaluation: Models and Designs

3

SRM 671Grant Writing for Evaluators

3

SRM 673Evaluation: Advanced Methods

3

SRM 680Introduction to Qualitative Research

3

SRM 683Visual and Virtual Inquiry

3

SRM 684Research Ethics

1

SRM 685Educational Ethnography

3

SRM 686Qualitative Case Study Research

3

SRM 687Narrative Inquiry

3

SRM 688Writing Qualitative Research

3

SRM 705Advanced Issues in Research Methods

3

NOTE: SRM 502 or SRM 617 may be substituted for SRM 602.

Features and Conditions

  1. Completion of the minor will be noted in the student’s transcript as Minor in Applied Statistics and Research Methods.
  2. No other course substitutions are permitted.
  3. This minor is not available to students in the Applied Statistics and Research Methods degree program.
  4. Some or all of the SRM courses used for the minor may be part of a student’s program of required or elective classes.

No application to the Applied Statistics and Research Methods program is required. In consultation with their doctoral program advisors, students may include sufficient SRM courses in their programs of study to meet the requirements for the minor.