COMS 7520 - Quantitative Measurement and Preliminary Analysis in Communication

This course covers measurement of quantitative data and the preliminary analyses required before conducting the substantive analysis of hypotheses and research questions. The measurement portion of the course focuses on decision making and techniques for producing and working with quantitative data, focusing in particular on conceptualizing and operationalizing quantitative variables. Students will explore statistical techniques for assessing measurement including reliability and exploratory factor analyses. The preliminary analysis portion of the course explores issues such as data cleaning, diagnosis and resolution of missing data issues, item-level analyses, forming multi-item scales, transformation, and evaluating confounds and covariates.

Requisites:
Credit Hours: 4
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 4.0 seminar
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I