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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear PrevSci students,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please see below regarding the quantitative research methods specialization. For those in the PREV MS or PhD program who are considering doing quantitative methods for your PREV specialization area, the option below would give you a way
 to do that while also receive the QRM specialization.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Leslie & Atika<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><coe-staff-bounces@lists.uoregon.edu> on behalf of Gina Biancarosa <ginab@uoregon.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at 1:18 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>"coe-staff@lists.uoregon.edu" <coe-staff@lists.uoregon.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>coe-staff: Quantitative Research Methods (QRM) specialization courses<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailOriginalBody">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">I am writing to remind our graduate academic advisors that the Quantitative Research Methods (QRM) specialization is open to ALL graduate students.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">The QRM specialization (</span><a href="https://education.uoregon.edu/program/quantitative-research-methods-specialization"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">https://education.uoregon.edu/program/quantitative-research-methods-specialization</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">)
 is designed to build serious expertise in quantitative research methodology. To earn the specialization, students need to:
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Have prior knowledge or taken courses equivalent to a primary COE quantitative methods sequence (i.e., understand up to and including multivariate
 and multiple regression methods)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Complete 20 credits worth of coursework in advanced quantitative methods<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Take a two-course sequence in at least one method (e.g., HLM, SEM, IRT)<o:p></o:p></span></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Generally, EDUC courses do NOT count toward the specialization (though exceptions may be made depending on a student’s planned program). Advanced quantitative methods outside the Department of
 Educational Methodology, Policy, and Leadership (EMPL) CAN count with approval from the EMPL PhD program director. Courses taken after advancement also count toward the specialization.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Students or faculty with questions about the specialization should consult with the EMPL PhD program director (Gina Biancarosa, 541-346-2883,
</span><a href="mailto:ginab@uoregon.edu"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">ginab@uoregon.edu</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">EMPL courses over the next several terms that can count toward the specialization are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">EDLD 634, Structural Equation Modeling II, Spring 2018<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">EDLD 650, Advanced Seminar in Educational Research Methods, Spring 2018<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">EDLD 661, Item Response Theory I, Spring 2018<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">EDLD 610, Introduction to Data Science in R, Fall 2018<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">EDLD 610, Communicating and Transforming Data (in R), Winter 2019<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">EDLD 628, Hierarchical Linear Models I, Winter 2019<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">EDLD 629, Hierarchical Linear Models II, Spring 2019<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">EDLD 679, Advanced Program Evaluation, Spring 2019<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">EDLD 610, Functional Programming in R, Spring 2019<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">There are still seats left in the three courses offered this spring. I am also happy to field questions about specific classes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">Gina<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Educational Methodology, Policy, and Leadership<br>
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 541-346-2883<br>
102R Lokey Education<br>
1215 University of Oregon | Eugene, OR 97403-5277 </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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