Evaluation and Research offers concentrated programs for building careers and leadership positions in educational statistics, research, measurement, and evaluation. These programs were designed for students who have training and experience in substantive disciplines in either education or non-education fields. Proficiency and excellence will be acquired in scientific inquiry, research methodology, program evaluation, psychometry and construction of psychological and educational tests, and statistical analysis of social and behavioral data, especially using computer technology. The following degrees are offered: Master of Education (M. Ed.), Doctor of Education (Ed. D.), and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D.).
Admission: Students are admitted every semester. Admission to the Graduate School requires an earned baccalaureate degree. An Application for Graduate Admission, a $20.00 application fee, and an official transcript from each college or university attended must be submitted to the Office for Graduate Admissions, Administrative Services Building, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202.
Financial Assistance: Contact The Graduate School, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202.
Web Page: http://tbf.coe.wayne.edu/eer/broch.htm
Faculty
Gail Fahoome, Ph. D., Wayne State University. Lecturer in Educational Evaluation & Research. Room #335, College of Education. (313) 577-1633. FAX: (313) 577-5235. e-mail: gfahoome@wayne.edu. Areas of specialty: program evaluation, structural equations, Monte Carlo methods, Fortran programming.
Barry S. Markman*, Ph. D., Emory University. Professor in Educational Psychology. Room #333, College of Education. (313) 577-1806. FAX: (313) 577-5235. e-mail: b.markman@wayne.edu. Areas of specialty: assessing ADHD using continuous performance tasks, test anxiety, introductory statistics.
Donald R. Marcotte, Ph. D., University of Connecticut. Professor in Educational Evaluation & Research. Room # 397, College of Education. (313) 577-1677. FAX: (313) 577-5235. e-mail: aa1033@wayne.edu. Areas of specialty: multivariate statistics, qualitative research, computer programming.
Shlomo S. Sawilowsky, Ph. D., University of South Florida. WSU Distinguished Faculty Fellow, and Professor in Educational Evaluation & Research, EER Program Chair. Room #351, College of Education. (313) 577-1656. FAX: (313) 577-5235. e-mail: shlomo@edstat.coe.wayne.edu. Areas of specialty: nonparametric, robust, permutation, & exact statistics; Monte Carlo methods; research & experimental design; classical educational & psychological measurement.
Linda C. Tillman*, Ph. D., The Ohio State University. Associate Professor in Educational Leadership & Policy Studies. Room 393 EDUC. (313) 577-5139. e-mail: ltillman@wayne.edu. Areas of specialty: professional ethics, diversity issues in mentoring and educational leadership, qualitative research and evaluation methodology.
Karen Tonso*, Ph. D., University of Colorado-Boulder. Assistant Professor in Social Foundations; & Educational Leadership & Policy Studies. Room 317 EDUC. (313) 577-1764. FAX: (313) 577-5235. e-mail: ag7246@wayne.edu. Ares of specialty: philosophical and anthropological foundations of education, race and gender issues in math and science, qualitative research and evaluation methodology.
Adjunct Assistant Professor: Scott Compton*, Ph. D. (313) 577-1613. FAX: (313) 577-5235.
Adjunct Lecturer: J. Sia Robinson, M. Ed. (313) 577-1613. FAX: (313) 577-5235.
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*Primary appointment is in another department.
Staff
Program Secretary: Christina. #3 North, College of Education. (313) 577-1613. FAX: (313) 577-5235.
Master of Education with a major in Educational Evaluation and Research
Admission: See Wayne State University Graduate Catalog. An undergraduate GPA of 3.0 is required for unconditional admission. Conditional acceptance may be granted if the GPA is below 3.0. All undergraduate majors are acceptable.
Degree Requirements: Only Plan A (Thesis) is available. A minimum of thirty-two credits is required, including six credits in General Professional courses, six credits in electives chosen in consultation with the advisor, and 8 credits in ED 8999 (thesis). The 12 credits in the major may include:
1. EER 7610 Evaluation and Measurement 3
2. EER 7630 Fundamentals of Statistics 3
3. EER 7640 Fundamentals of Quantitative Evaluation (3)
OR EER 7900 Fundamentals of Qualitative Research (3) 3
4. EER 7650 Computer Use in Research 3
Total Credits in the Major: 12
Doctoral Degrees with a major in Educational Evaluation
and Research
Admission: See Wayne State University Graduate Catalog. An undergraduate GPA of 3.0 and a Master's GPA of 3.5 are required for admission to the Ph. D. program in most circumstances. Requirements for the Ed. D. program are more flexible. Recent admittances to the Ed. D. program had undergraduate GPAs of approximately 2.8 and Master's GPAs of about 3.3. All undergraduate and Master's majors are acceptable for the Ph. D. and Ed. D. programs.
Degree Requirements:
Ed. D. In addition to thirty credits of post baccalaureate work (e.g., Master's degree), Ed. D. students must earn 12 credits in the cognate chosen in consultation with the advisor, six credits in doctoral seminar courses, 10 credits in required core courses, 20 credits in doctoral dissertation (ED 9999), and a minimum of 22 additional credits of course work in the major selected in consultation with the advisor. Thus, the total minimum credits for the Ed. D. is 100.
Ph. D. Thirty credits of post baccalaureate work (e.g., Master's degree) are credited toward the minimum post bachelor credit requirements. Students must earn 10 credits in the cognate chosen in consultation with the advisor, six credits in doctoral seminar courses, 10 credits in core courses, and 30 credits in doctoral dissertation (ED 9999). The minimum credits required in course work in the area of concentration for the Quantitative, Qualitative, or Measurement track is 21. Thus, the total minimum credits required for the Ph. D. is 107.
The Ph. D. requires a dissertation which makes an original contribution to the science of evaluation and research. Therefore, the Ph. D. dissertation conforms to the rigors of scientific inquiry on theoretical issues, with empirical demonstrations for illustrative purposes. The Ed. D. is considered the practitioner's highest degree. The Ed. D. dissertation centers on field studies or applied research, such as the determination of best practices. In consideration of these differences, the Ph. D. program has fewer credits in course work and ten more credits in dissertation than the Ed. D. program.
Advisors are assigned upon admission based on the area of concentration and career objectives.
Ed. D. and Ph. D. students registering for doctoral dissertation credits must be enrolled in the section number assigned to their doctoral advisor.
Required Core Courses For All Ed. D./Ph. D. EER Majors
1. EER 7630 Fundamentals of Statistics - 3 hrs.
2. EER 7650 Computer Use in Research - 3 hrs.
3. EER 8800+ EER 7660 Variance and Covariance Analysis (3 hrs.) &
Advanced Statistics Lab (1 hr) - 4 hrs.
Total Credits in Core Courses: 10
4. EER 7610 Evaluation and Measurement - 3 hrs.
5. EER 8720 Advanced Quantitative Evaluation: Theory & Practice - 3 hrs.
6. EER 8820 + EER 7660 Multivariate Analysis (3 hrs.) &
Advanced Statistics Lab (1 hr.) - 4 hrs.
7. EER 8840 + EER 7660 Structural Equations (3 hrs.) &
Advanced Statistics Lab (1 hr.) - 4 hrs.
8. EER 8860 + EER 7660 Nonparametric, Permutation, Exact, and Robust Methods (3 hrs.) &
Advanced Statistics Lab (1 hr.) - 4 hrs.
9. EER 8992 Research & Experimental Design - 3 hrs.
Total Credits in Quantitative Track: 21 hrs.
4. EER 8720 Advanced Quantitative Evaluation: Theory & Practice - 3 hrs.
5. EER 8760 Advanced Measurement I - 3 hrs.
6. EER 8770 Advanced Measurement II (3 hrs.) &
Advanced Statistics Lab (1 hr.) - 4 hrs.
7. EER 8820 + EER 7660 Multivariate Analysis (3 hrs) &
Advanced Statistics Lab (1 hr.) - 4 hrs.
8. EER 8840 + EER 7660 Structural Equations (3 hrs.) &
Advanced Statistics Lab (1 hr. ) - 4 hrs.
9. EER 8992 Research & Experimental Design - 3 hrs.
Total Credits in Measurement Track: 21 hrs.
4. EER 7610 Evaluation and Measurement - 3 hrs.
5. EER 7640 Fundamentals of Quantitative Research - 3 hrs.
6. EER 7900 Fundamentals of Qualitative Research - 3 hrs.
7. EER 8700 + EER 7660 Advanced Qualitative Evaluation: Theory & Practice (3 hrs.) &
Advanced Statistics Lab (1 hr.) - 4 hrs.
8. EER 7620 Practicum in Evaluation - 5 hrs.
9. EER 8900 Qualitative Design For School Research - 3 hrs.
Total Credits in Qualitative Track: 21 hrs.
Procedures and Policies
Plan of Work
M. Ed. A Plan of Work must be completed in consultation with the student's advisor and submitted to the College of Education Graduate Office, Room #489 Education, prior to the completion of six credits. The student attains the status of Candidacy after the completion of nine credits.
Ed. D./Ph. D.
Doctoral students must complete and submit a Plan of Work in consultation with their advisors prior to the completion of eighteen credits. Failure to file a Plan of Work will preclude further registration.
Doctoral Dissertation:
Ed. D. and Ph. D. students should obtain the Policies and Procedures for the Doctor of Philosophy in Education from the College of Education Graduate Office, and the latest version of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association prior to preparing the dissertation manuscript.
Final Defense: An oral defense of the dissertation is scheduled in consultation with the major advisor, and is conducted by the student's dissertation committee under the auspices of the Education Graduate Office. A moderator is assigned to the Final Defense. The lecture portion of the defense is open to the academic community. The student must co-ordinate this defense to ensure meeting graduation deadlines determined each semester by the University Graduate School.
Residence: See the WSU Graduate Bulletin.
Course Descriptions
EER 5630 Research Readings in Applied Psychology. Cr. 2
Prereq: admission to school and community psychology, or marriage and family therapy program. Introduction to research methodology in school and community psychology and marriage and family therapy. (I)
Evaluation of student learning outcomes from both a mastery and norm-referenced perspective. Topics include scales of measurement, construction of teacher-made tests, item and test statistics, classical measurement theory, test reliability and validity, and interpreting standardized scores. (T)
EER 7620 Practicum in Evaluation Cr. 2-6 (Max. 6)
Prereq: EER 7900 or consent of instructor. Qualitative methods for action research in schools, including interviewing, field observation, life histories, visual records, and document analysis. (I)
Essentials of descriptive statistics, sampling, and computer use, including measures of central tendency, variability, and correlation. Introduction to inferential methods, including one and two sample hypothesis tests, and confidence intervals. (T)
Basic skills in educational research; problem, hypothesis, literature review, sampling, data collection and organization; fundamentals of quantitative designs. (T)
Prereq or Coreq: EER 7630. Introduction to computer use in educational research with emphasis on using statistical packages (SPSS, Minitab). (T)
Coreq: linked lab to EER 8700, 8770, 8800, 8820, 8840, 8860. Students registering for these courses must simultaneously register for the accompanying linked statistics lab. (T)
Fundamentals of epistemological issues, educational perspectives of qualitative research and research design. Readings in qualitative research. Conducting the case study, personal history, and cognitive study. Overview of methods for analyzing talk, text and interaction. (Y)
Prereq: EER 7900. Coreq: EER 7660. Major paradigms of qualitative evaluation, strategies of inquiry, methods of collecting and analyzing materials, the art of interpretation. Analysis of real data, including pattern coding, data displays, checklist matrices, transcription, explanation and prediction, within-case vs cross-case displays, ethical issues in evaluation. Computer use in qualitative evaluation. (Y)
Prereq: EER 7630; EER 8800 or consent of instructor. Program evaluation in education. Designing and participating in field experiences. Review of current ethical and legal standards in evaluation. (W)
Prereq: EER 7630; EER 8800 or consent of instructor. Classical measurement theory, including scaling, measurement error, reliability, validity. Review of the strong statistics vs weak measurement debate. Empirical methods of psychometric applications in education and educational psychology. (F)
Prereq: EER 8760 or equiv. Coreq: EER 7660. Modern measurement theory. Item Response Theory, including 1 and 3 parameter models, detecting item bias, multi-dimensional scaling. (W)
Prereq: EER 7630 or equiv. Coreq: EER 7660. Relationship between ANOVA and regression. Analysis of experimental designs: single-factor, factorial, within-subjects single factor, mixed two-factor, mixed factorial, higher-order factorial. Contrasts, planned and post hoc effects, interaction contrasts. Expected values, ANCOVA, trend analysis, orthogonal polynomials, weighted means analysis. (F)
Prereq: EER 7630. Coreq: EER 7660. Matrix algebra, screening data, transformations, normality, linearity homoscedasticity. Multiple regression, multicollinearity. Canonical correlation, multivariate ANOVA and ANCOVA. Discriminant, cluster, and factor analysis, principal components, multiway-frequency analysis, hierarchical and nonhierarchical models. Plots. (W)
Prereq: EER 7630, EER 8800; EER 8820 or consent of instructor. Coreq: EER 7660. Application of structural equation methods to applied social and behavioral science research. Measurement models, structural models, general models. Model specification, estimation, and fit. (F)
Prereq: EER 7630, EER 8800. Coreq: EER 7660. Application of robust, nonparametric, permutation, and exact methods to social and behavioral science data. Techniques of estimation, location, scale, and association for discrete and continuous data. (W)
Prereq: EER 7630, EER 8800. Fortran 77/90/95 applied to Monte Carlo methods for the development of new statistics and procedures and the comparison of existing methodologies. Solving data analysis problems via simulation techniques. (T)
Prereq: EER 7900, EER 8700. Field placement. Integration of theory with practice for conducting, analyzing, and reporting qualitative research or qualitative evaluation in the schools. (Y)
Prereq: EER 7630, EER 8800. Use of the scientific methods in the design of empirical research, including randomized experimental design, quasi-experimental, causal-comparative and ex post facto, documentary analysis, and survey designs. Prepares student for the doctoral dissertation process. (T)
Topics vary to reflect current issues in Educational Evaluation and Research. (I)
Students must enroll in the section assigned to their thesis advisor. (T)
Students must enroll in the section assigned to their dissertation advisor. (T)
M. Ed. Select three of the following: EDA 7600 (Educational Administration); EDP 5450, 5480, or 7350 (Educational Psychology); EDS 7630 (Educational Sociology); CED 6700 (Counseling); EHP 7600 (History and Philosophy); SED 7050 (Special Education).
ED. D./Ph. D. Select two of the following: EDA 9790 (Educational Administration), EDP 9310 (Educational Psychology), EDS 9620 (Educational Sociology), EHP 9600 (History & Philosophy), TED, 9020 (Curriculum & Instruction).
The College of Education requires all doctoral students to complete 15 credit hours in research methodology. The courses approved to meet this requirement are: EER7620, 7630, 7640, 7650, 7660, 7900, 8700, 8720, 8760, 8770, 8800, 8820, 8840, 8860, 8880, 8900, and 8992. Although most students take EER 7630 for 3 credits, some doctoral programs require EER 7630 to be taken for 4 credits to meet the 15 hour requirement. Advisors should be consulted to determine if EER 7630 should be taken for 3 or 4 credits.
Students taking EER 7610 as a Required General Professional Course (see above) enroll for 2 credit hours. EER major and students in certain other program areas are required to enroll for 3 credit hours. Advisors should be consulted to determine if EER 7610 should be taken for 2 or 3 credits.