Doctor of Philosophy Educational School and Counseling Psychology - Statistics, Measurement and Evaluation in Education

This degree is a Doctorate of Philosophy in the Department of Educational, School & Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Statistics, Measurement & Evaluation in Education. The Statistics, Measurement, and Evaluation in Education program offers several courses in applied statistics, from the quantitative foundations of educational research to advanced methods such as multivariate statistics, multilevel modeling, and latent variable modeling. We also offer a number of courses in educational measurement, covering topics such as in classical test theory, item response theory, and generalizability theory. In addition, our students have the opportunity to take a wide range of advanced statistics and quantitative methods courses, from probability, sampling methodology, and categorical data analysis to stochastic theory, time series analysis, Bayesian statistics, and other cutting-edge quantitative techniques. We train our students in various statistical software programs including SPSS, SAS, R, Mplus, Amos, HLM, and BILOG-MG. Our students also take courses in learning theories, aspects of human development, and program evaluation.

The plan of study will depend on the student's career goals and research interests, and they should be completed in consultation with the doctoral dissertation committee.

92 - TOEFL IBT, IELTS 7, referred score of 580 for paper test,
The three letters of recommendation
CV OR resume
Unofficial academic transcripts of all previous undergraduate and graduate work
Minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.0 from an accredited institution in psychology education or a related major

Statement of purpose addressing the following
Describe your research interests that you hope to pursue in graduate school your career objectives and how being accepted into MUs program will benefit your career aspirations 500 words max
Describe your experiences in educational measurement assessment or evaluation 250 words max
Describe interests and experience in designing empirical studies Briefly describe why you have chosen particular research designs to answer the research questions 250 words max
Describe interests and experience in analyzing empirical data Briefly describe why you have chosen particular statistical models to answer the research questions 250 words max