PhD Quantitative Methodology: Measurement and Statistics at University of Maryland, College Park

Programme overview

Quantitative Methodology: Measurement and Statistics (QMMS) offers graduate study leading to the Master of Science (M.S.) or Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees for students with strong interests in quantitative research methods and their applications. Students pursuing Doctoral degrees in other programs may enroll in a dual degree program leading to the Master's degree in QMMS, or there is also a 21-credit QMMS certificate program for doctoral students. For select undergraduates, there is also a five-year Bachelor's/Master's program in QMMS.

Faculty: Education | Duration: 66 credits | Study mode: full-time | Intake: Fall, Spring | Location: College Park, MD, United States

What you will study

Required courses include Applied Measurement: Issues and Practices, Instrumentation, Causal Inference and Evaluation Methods, Regression Analysis for the Education Sciences II, Introduction to Multilevel Modeling, Exploratory Latent and Composite Variable Methods. The degree requires 66 credits in total.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Graduate admission requirements: Statement of Purpose & Personal Experience Questions in the Application System Transcript(s) TOEFL/IELTS/PTE ( international graduate students ) | Programme-specific: Letters of Recommendation (3) Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is required for doctoral program and optional for masters program CV/Resume Writing Sample In addition to Graduate School requirements, admission decisions are based on the quality of previous undergraduate and graduate work, strength of letters of recommendation from persons competent to judge the applicant's likelihood of success in graduate school, scores on the Graduate Record Examination, and the applicant's statement of academic and career objectives in relation to the program of study to be pursued. Students who seek admission should display strong evidence of aptitude and interest in quantitative methods. Programs of study may be designed to meet the individual needs of both full-time and part-time students since many courses are offered in the late afternoon or evening.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Intake: Fall, Spring

Duration: 66 credits

Apply through the official page: https://gradschool.umd.edu/admissions/application-process

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