StudyQA — PhD: Educational Research and Evaluation — Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)

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The Educational Research and Evaluation (EDRE) program in the School of Education at Virginia Tech offers doctoral preparation in the areas of measurement, program evaluation, qualitative research methods, and statistics as they are applied in educational and other behavioral sciences. Students enrolled in the program take a 27 semester hour, core set of course designed to produce a well rounded educational researcher capable of working in many settings. These courses includes 15 hours in quantitative research methods; 12 hours in qualitative research, mixed methods research, and evaluation.
Graduates of the EDRE program are prepared for a faculty position teaching research methods courses in research and testing agencies, institutional research and planning, student and program assessment, or government positions as researchers, evaluators, or administrators of research programs in education or other areas of the behavioral sciences. The degree program is only available on the Blacksburg campus.
Faculty members and students in the program primarily conduct research about issues relating to education. Historically, the EDRE program was established in 1971 and was the the first Ph.D. program in educational research in the State of Virginia. Two semesters of full-time enrollment at the Blacksburg campus is required to complete the degree.

The Ph.D. program in EDRE requires a minimum of 90 hours of course work beyond the Bachelor's degree. These hours are divided among Research Methods, Electives, Masters/Cognate, and Dissertation Research requirements

Courses

EDRE 5404 - Foundations of Educational Research and Evaluation
EDRE 5644 - Questionnaire Design and Survey Research in Education
EDRE 5674 - Introduction to Mixed Methods
EDRE 5974 - Independent Study
EDRE 5984 - Special Study
EDRE 6504 - Qualitative Methods in Educational Research I
EDRE 6524 - Qualitative Methods in Educational Research II
EDRE 6534 - Ethnographic Methods in Education
EDRE 6605 - Quantitative Research Methods in Education I & II
EDRE 6606 - Quantitative Research Methods in Education I & II
EDRE 6624 - Measurement Theory in Education
EDRE 6634 (STAT 6634) - Advanced Statistics for Education
EDRE 6654 - Multivariate Statistics for Applications to Educational Problems
EDRE 6664 - Application of Structural Equations in Education
EDRE 6684 - Instrument Development and Validation
EDRE 6694 - Hierarchical Linear Modeling
EDRE 6704 - Evaluation Methods in Education
EDRE 6744 - Mxd Method Research Dsgn
EDRE 6754 - Advanced Item Response Theory
EDRE 6784 - Advanced Issues in Qualitative Research
EDRE 6794 - Advanced Topics in Educational Research
EDRE 6974 - Independent Study
EDRE 6984 - Special Study
EDRE 7714 - Internship in Education
EDRE 7964 - Field Studies in Education
EDRE 7994 - Research and Dissertation

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TOEFL Paper 550.0, Computer 213.0, iBT 80.0
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Minimum GPA: 3.0
Institution code: 5859