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Research Methods Courses

This information about Vanderbilt graduate courses on qualitative and quantitative research methods is posted here as a service to students and faculty. Each of these courses is open to students from other departments who meet course prerequisites or, in some cases, have secured permission of the instructor. Students are strongly advised to contact the instructor or relevant Director of Graduate Studies to confirm that their background matches that expected of persons entering the course.

While course descriptions are updated periodically from relevant Vanderbilt University catalogs and other sources, syllabi, where provided, may not be current. The most recent syllabus for a particular course may be requested from the contact person listed or from staff in the relevant department or program. Also, the semesters of course availability listed below are tentative and subject to change.

We wish to thank the Research Committee of the Peabody Faculty Council, which initiated this project, and the faculty who have provided information and made themselves available to answer questions about their courses.

Please click on a course name to see additional information about that course.




Semesters Offered
S06 U06 F06 S07 U07 F07 S08
ANTH 302 Quantitative Methods in Anthropology              
ANTH 320 Seminar in Ethnography              
ECON 306 Statistical Analysis (M.A. Level)     X     X  
ECON 307 Statistical Analysis     X     X  
ECON 308 Econometrics (M.A. Level) X     X     X
ECON 309 Econometrics X     X     X
ECON 370 Econometric Theory     X     X  
ECON 373 Time Series Econometrics X     X     X
ECON 374 Nonparametric and Semi-parametric Econometrics       X      
EDUC 3900 Interpretative Research Methods              
EDUC 3912 Methods of Educational Research: Qualitative X     X     X
HOD 3450 Ethnographic Research Methods in Communities X     X     X
HOD 3620 Action Research X     X     X
HRSP 371a Research Design and Statistical Analysis X   X X   X X
HRSP 371b Research Design and Statistical Analysis X   X X   X X
IGP 304 Statistics for Biomedical Research             X
LPO 3460 Regression Analysis              
LPO 3900 Decision Analysis I: Logic of Systematic Inquiry X     X      
LPO 3902 Decision Analysis II: Qualitative Research     X     X  
LPO 3904 Decision Analysis III: Quantitative Research   X     X    
LPO 3906 Decision Analysis IV: Education Policy and Program Evaluation     X     X  
LPO 3908 Decision Analysis V: Survey Methods X           X
LPO 3910 Modeling Context Effects in Educational Organizations     X     X  
NRSC 393 Quantitative Research Methods              
NRSC 394 Qualitative Research Methods              
NRSC 396 Intermediate Statistics for the Health Sciences              
NRSC 397 Multivariate Statistics for the Health Sciences              
PSCI 355 Research Design     X     X  
PSCI 356 Statistics for Political Research I X     X     X
PSY 304b Quantitative Methods and Experimental Design              
PSY 304P Field Research Methods              
PSY 310 Research Methods in Clinical Psychology              
PSY 310P Statistical Inference              
PSY 313P Correlation and Regression              
PSY 315P Program Evaluation              
PSY 317P Psychological Measurement              
PSY 317P Psychological Measurement              
PSY 317P Psychological Measurement              
PSY 317P Psychological Measurement              
SOC 311 Multivariate Analysis I     X     X  
SOC 312 Multivariate Analysis II     X     X  
SOC 313 Quantitative Methods Workshop X     X     X
SOC 371 Seminar: Field Research X     X     X
SPED 3010 Proseminar I              
SPED 3011 Proseminar II: Contrasting Research Methodologies in Special Education              
SPED 3012 Research Design in Special Education              
SPED 3013 Introduction to Single-Subject Research Methodology              
SPED 3014 Advanced Procedures in Single-Subject Research Methodology              
SPED 3017 Experimental Analysis of Behavior              
SPED 3018 Observational Methods              
SPED 3230 Research Methods in Special Education