Social Research Methodologies

Our faculty develop and apply state-of-the-art qualitative and quantitative methods for research, assessment, and program evaluation in education. We have expertise ranging from design-based research, ethnography and interviewing, to statistics, measurement, and data science. Students will learn the theory underpinning social research methods and how to apply them in sophisticated and innovative ways to inform education policy and practice.

To find a faculty member who is an expert in the area, click on the titles below.

Data Science

Lisa García Bedolla
Marcia Linn*
Zachary A. Pardos*
Sophia Rabe-Hesketh
Michael Ranney**
Michelle Wilkerson
Mark R. Wilson*


* Faculty available to advise only new doctoral students.
Faculty available to advise only new master's students.
*†Faculty available to advise both doctoral and master's students.
**Professor of the Graduate School is a title for BSE faculty members who are active in research and otherwise retired.

Design-Based Research

Kris Gutíerrez*
Marcia Linn*
Erin Murphy-Graham
Geoffrey B. Saxe**
Tina Trujillo
Derek Van Rheenen
Michelle Hoda Wilkerson


* Faculty available to advise only new doctoral students.
Faculty available to advise only new master's students.
*†Faculty available to advise both doctoral and master's students.
**Professor of the Graduate School is a title for BSE faculty members who are active in research and otherwise retired.

Evaluation

Karen Draney
Bruce Fuller**
Lisa García Bedolla
Marcia Linn*
Erin Murphy-Graham
Michael Ranney**
Jose Eos Trinidad*
Mark R. Wilson*
Frank C. Worrell*
Chunyan Yang


* Faculty available to advise only new doctoral students.
Faculty available to advise only new master's students.
*†Faculty available to advise both doctoral and master's students.
**Professor of the Graduate School is a title for BSE faculty members who are active in research and otherwise retired.

Measurement

Karen Draney
Marcia Linn*
Zachary A. Pardos*
Sophia Rabe-Hesketh
Mark Wilson*
Frank C. Worrell*
Chunyan Yang


* Faculty available to advise only new doctoral students.
Faculty available to advise only new master's students.
*†Faculty available to advise both doctoral and master's students.
**Professor of the Graduate School is a title for BSE faculty members who are active in research and otherwise retired.

Qualitative Research Methods

Patricia Baquedano-Lopez
Travis J. Bristol
Andrea diSessa**
Karen Draney
Sarah W. Freedman**
Bruce Fuller**
Lisa García Bedolla
Kris D. Gutíerrez*
Özge Hacıfazlıoğlu
Glynda Hull
Erin Murphy-Graham
Janelle Scott
Laura Sterponi*
Jose Eos Trinidad*
Tina Trujillo
Derek Van Rheenen
Michelle Hoda Wilkerson
Michelle D. Young


* Faculty available to advise only new doctoral students.
Faculty available to advise only new master's students.
*†Faculty available to advise both doctoral and master's students.
**Professor of the Graduate School is a title for BSE faculty members who are active in research and otherwise retired.

Statistics and Econometrics

Tolani Britton
Karen Draney
Lisa García Bedolla
Zachary A. Pardos*
Sophia Rabe-Hesketh
Jose Eos Trinidad*
Tina Trujillo
Mark R. Wilson*


* Faculty available to advise only new doctoral students.
Faculty available to advise only new master's students.
*†Faculty available to advise both doctoral and master's students.
**Professor of the Graduate School is a title for BSE faculty members who are active in research and otherwise retired.

COURSE STRANDS

Core Courses

Qualitative
Measurement
Evaluation
Design-Based Research
Statistics
Data Science
EDUC 271B Introduction to Qualitative Methods/ Murphy-Graham EDUC 274A Measurement in Education & the Social Sciences I/ Wilson EDUC 276A Introduction to Program Evaluation/ Linda Morrell New Course TBD/ Gutierrez + Wilkerson EDUC 293A Data Analysis in Educational Research I/ Draney EDUC C260F Machine Learning in Education/ Pardos

Specializations

Qualitative
Measurement
Evaluation
Design-Based Research
Statistics
Data Science

EDUC 243 Advanced Qualitative Methods/ Gutierrez

EDUC 274B Measurement in Education & the Social Sciences II/ Wilson

EDUC 276C Practicum in Evaluation/ Instructor TBD

EDUC 222C Design-Based Research Forum/ Abrahamson

EDUC 275B Data Analysis in Educational Research II/ Rabe-Hesketh

INFO 254 Data Mining & Analytics/ Pardos

EDUC 273 Video Analysis Seminar/ Wilkerson

EDUC 274C Research Seminar in Measurement/ Wilson

EDUC 276D Theoretical Issues in Evaluation/ Instructor TBD

SCMATHE 220C Design of Educational Innovations/ Linn

EDUC 275G Hierarchical & Longitudinal Modeling/ Rabe-Hesketh

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EDUC 250C Discourse Analysis/ Sterponi

EDUC 274D Multidimensional Measurement/ Wilson

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EDUC 252B The Ethnography of Literacy/ Sterponi

EDUC 270B BEAR Seminar/ Wilson

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EDIC 280C The Conduct of Ethnographic Inquiry/ Baquedano-López

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EDUC 223B Mathematical Thinking & Problem Solving/ Schoenfeld

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