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T-106.5550 Research methods - Quantitative methods in
Computing Education Research (5 cr/ECTS)
Spring 2008
The course will be organized as a period course on the first part of
February. The schedule is the following:
- Part 1 (February 6-8th)
- Part 2 (February 13-15th)
The course comprises from pre-assignments, lectures, practical hands-on
exercises with statistical software packages (SPSS), home exercises,
and a personal project work.
If the project work is larger than the course extent allows, students
can get additional 3 ECTS from course T-106.6500, Special course in
computing education research.
Location & how
to get there
On Wednesdays and
Thursdays lectures are held in a seminar room A106 (Tietotalo, 1st
floor). On
Fridays lectures are held in lecture hall T4 (same building, 2nd floor).
- Address
- TKK/Computer Science Building
- Konemiehentie 2
- Otaniemi, Espoo
- Finland
Here is the map of Otaniemi campus as well as information about public
transportation. You might find this Journey
Planner helpful, too.
Tentative shedule for the intensive day
Wed 6 Feb
10am – 12noon Lecture Topic 1: Introduction to
quantitative methods
12noon – 1pm Lunch
1 – 4pm
Lecture
Topic 2: Quantitative research in computing education
4 – 5pm
Overview of SPSS
Thurs 7 Feb
9.30 – 12noon Lecture Topic 3 :
Descriptive statistics and data management
12noon – 1pm Lunch
1 – 5pm
Lab
and class exercises
Frid 8 Feb
9.30am – 12noon Lecture Topic 3 : Descriptive
statistics and data management
12noon – 1pm Lunch
1 – 5pm
Lab and class exercises
Wed 13 Feb
9.30am – 12noon Lecture Topic 5: Parametric analyses
12noon – 1pm Lunch
1 – 5pm
Lab and class exercises
Thur 14 Feb
9.30am – 12noon Lecture Topic 6: Non-parametric analyses
12noon – 1pm Lunch
1 – 4pm
Lecture Topic 7: Grouping variables or subjects
4 – 5pm
Lab and
class exercises
Frid 15 Feb
9.30am – 12noon Lecture Topic 8: Correlation and regression
12noon – 1pm Lunch
1 – 5pm
Lab and
class exercises
Teacher
Dr.
Judy Sheard, Monash University, Australia.
Organisers
Lauri Malmi, TKK
Päivi Kinnunen, TKK (practical arrangements)
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