Evidence-Based Social Research

3 credits · Peabody College - Professional

Leaders depend upon strategic, systematic, and data-driven inquiries for organizational improvement and effective decision-making. The purpose of this course is to develop understandings of the principles, processes, and techniques used in social science with a particular emphasis on educational and organizational research. Students will learn methods for researching institutional processes, as well as strategies for conducting evidence-based inquiries. Students will gain the ability to evaluate empirical studies both in terms of the research design employed and the types of methods used to collect and analyze data. [3]