400021 SE SE Methods for Doctoral Candidates (2014S)

The objective of the class is for students to become acquaintance with basic theoretical and practical statistical concepts in communication research. After the completion of the class, students should be able to plan and construct most commonly needed quantitative analyses in our field. The content of the class will generically cover fundamental mathematical processes for all statistical tests. However, more emphasis will be placed on the general understanding of all necessary concepts to execute quantitative empirical tests with SPSS. From data generation to data manipulation. Students will be proficient interpreting SPSS outputs, creating tables ready to be published in academic journals, and discussing as well as interpreting most common quantitative findings in our field. In sum, the overall goal of the class is to provide students with the necessary conceptual and practical skills to feel comfortable analyzing secondary data.