Department of

Educational Research and Measurement

So You're Thinking of Doing a Cognate in Measurement and Research...

The cognates offered by the Department of Measurement and Research can be tailored to meet the specific needs and interests of doctoral students within and outside the College of Education . Listed below are suggested courses for specific areas of emphases.

Measurement

The cognate in Measurement provides a foundation in Classical Test Theory (CTT) and Item Response Theory (IRT). Coursework is designed to prepare students to: (a) develop their own instruments (paper-and-pencil and computer-based) and evaluate the psychometric properties of the scores derived from these instruments; (b) understand the design and implementation of local, state, national, and international large-scale tests; and (c) apply measurement theory to address measurement issues such as bias, test accommodations, cross-cultural adaptation of tests, equating, and standard setting.

The four courses in the Measurement cognate and recommended sequence are:

Educational Statistics

The cognate in Educational Statistics provides a foundation in applied multivariate statistics. Coursework is designed to prepare students to: (a) develop appropriate multivariate analysis strategies for given research problems; (b) screen data and conduct multivariate analyses using statistical software; and (c) interpret the results of multivariate analyses in reference to the research problem. 

The four courses in the Educational Statistics cognate and recommended sequence are: