Applied Statistics and Research Methods

College of Education and Behavioral Sciences

Doctoral Minor Requirements — 15 Credits

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.

Degree Requirements

Required courses — 15 hours

A minimum of five (5) courses completed during the student’s UNC doctoral program with grades of “B-” or better from the following courses:

SRM 602	Statistical Methods I	3
SRM 603	Statistical Methods II	3
SRM 606	Multiple Linear Regression Analysis	3
SRM 607	Non-Parametric Statistics	3
SRM 608	Experimental Design	3
SRM 609	Sampling Methods	3
SRM 610	Statistical Methods III	3
SRM 611	Advanced Statistical Data Analysis	3
SRM 625	Applied Multiple Regression Analysis	3
SRM 627	Survey Research Methods	3
SRM 629	Structural Equation Modeling	3
SRM 635	Categorical Data Analysis	3
SRM 670	Evaluation: Models and Designs	3
SRM 680	Introduction to Qualitative Research	3
SRM 685	Educational Ethnography	3
SRM 686	Qualitative Case Study Research	3
SRM 687	Narrative Inquiry	3
SRM 688	Writing as Analysis of Qualitative Research	3
SRM 705	Advanced Issues in Research Methods	3
SRM 770	Evaluation: Advanced 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.