PHINMA – UNIVERSITY OF PANGASIAN

Arellano St., Dagupan City

SCHOOL OF GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL STUDIES

INSTRUCTIONAL PLAN
Subject Code: EDU. 210-04
Descriptive Title: ADVANCED EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS
Course Description: Educational Statistics is an introductory graduate course in using quantitative
methods for inquiry in the social and behavioral sciences. Students will be exposed to the fundamental
concepts and procedures of descriptive and inferential statistics. Students will develop competence in
reading and understanding statistics topics from sources such as texts, dissertations, journals, or technical
reports. The course includes an introduction to the use and interpretation of SPSS, and a statistics lab
component will be required.
Course Outline:
A. Introduction of Statistics and basic Concepts
B. Frequency distributions and graphing
C. Measures of central tendency
D. Measures of variation
E. Comparison of sample means
F. Correlation
G. Sampling and probability
H. Power and sample size
I. Simple regression
J. Chi-square tests

Learning Objectives Learning Activities Day/s

1. Understand the role of descriptive and inferential Lecture/Reportorial Methods December 15,
statistics as part of quantitative research 22, 2019
methodology.
2. Demonstrate the usefulness of descriptive and Problems/ cases methods January 5, 12,
inferential statistics as part of quantitative 2019
research methodology.
3. Describe quantitative results using descriptive Individual/Group Research January 19 and
statistics. 26, 2019
4. Use inferential statistics to test hypotheses. Lecture/Reportorial Methods February 2 -9,
2019
5. Design research hypotheses for testing. Problems/ cases methods February 16-
23, 2019
6. Develop competence in the use of SPSS for Individual/Group Research March 2, 2019
classifying and describing data, as well as for
inference.
7. Retrieve information from library and Internet Lecture/Reportorial Methods March 9, 2019
resources relevant to statistical procedures.
8. Compare statistical procedures for different Problems/ cases methods March 16,
purposes. 2019
 9. Plan and carry out basic statistical analyses of Individual/Group Research March 23,
research data. 2019
10. Choose appropriate statistical methods Individual/Group Research March 30,
according to circumstances. 2019

References: (should at least be 5 references, which are recent)

Text (required): Hinkle, D. E., Wiersma, W., & Jurs, S. G. (2003). Applied statistics for the behavioral
sciences (5th ed.). New York: Longman.
Text (recommended): Field, A. P. Discovering statistics using SPSS (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage
Publications.
Additional Resources Lynes, J. R. H. (2008). The effects of social class, social capital, parenting style,
and Ogbu’s oppositional identity on Black college placement scores. Unpublished doctoral dissertation,
University of Louisville. (Available from Instructor electronically)
A pocket calculator with a square root key is required (does NOT have to be a graphing calculator or
other expensive investment).
Course Requirements:

Requirements Day of Submission

Regular attendance
Active class participation
MIDTERM exam February 16, 2019
Projects
Written report April 13, 2019
Final Exam April 20, 2019

Grading System:
Active Participation: 15%
Oral reporting: 20%
Reaction paper/Research: 25%
Examination: 25%
Attendance: 15%

Contact Information:

Professor / Instructor JANUS B. SALINAS, Ph.D.

College / Department Graduate Studies
Schedule of Consultation Saturday (7:30 – 8:00) (11:00-11:30)
Contact Number 0920 859 2345