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Quantitative Research in Education

Last Updated: 10-May-2013

This guide is for those interested in quantitative methods applied to education research, including statistical analysis.

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Education

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Background information

The almanac of American education.
Lanham, MD : Bernan Press, c2003-
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LA201 .A46 2008
"Compiled from sources such as the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), The Almanac contains historical and current data, insightful analysis, and useful graphics that paint a compelling picture of the state of education in the United States. (p. xiii)"
The American freshman: national norms.
Los Angeles [etc.] Cooperative Institutional Research Program.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Ask at circulation desk » LB2310 .A45 1996 + ERRATUM
Education at a glance : OECD indicators / Centre for Educational Research and Innovation = Regards sur l'éducation : les indicateurs de l'OCDE / Centre pour la recherche et l'innovation dans l'enseignement.
Paris : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1992-
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » LB2846 .E247 2011
Encyclopedia of statistical sciences [electronic resource].
2nd ed. [Hoboken, N.J.] : Wiley, c2005.
Global education digest.
Montreal : UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 2003-
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2846 .G56 2012
Handbook of complementary methods in education research / edited by Judith L. Green, Gregory Camilli, Patricia B. Elmore, with Audra Skukauskaitė and Elizabeth Grace.
Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates ; Washington, D.C. : Published for the American Educational Research Association, 2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1028 .C577 2006
Handbook of educational data mining / edited by Cristóbal Romero ... [et al.].
Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1028.43 .H355 2011
International encyclopedia of statistical science [electronic resource] / edited by Miodrag Lovric.
Berlin ; London : Springer, 2010.
"The goal of this book is multidimensional: a) to help reviving Statistics education in many parts in the world where it is in crisis. For the first time authors from many developing countries have an opportunity to write together with the most prominent world authorities. The editor has spent several years searching for the most reputable statisticians all over the world. International contributors are either presidents of the local statistical societies, or head of the Statistics department at the main university, or the most distinguished statisticians in their countries. b) to enable any non-statistician to obtain quick and yet comprehensive and highly understandable view on certain statistical term, method or application c) to enable all the researchers, managers and practicioners to refresh their knowledge in Statistics, especially in certain controversial fields. d) to revive interest in statistics among students, since they will see its usefulness and relevance in almost all branches of Science."
Annual status report, minorities in higher education.
[Washington, D.C.] : American Council on Education, Office of Minority Concerns,
SAL1&2 (on-campus shelving) » Stacks » LC3731 .A512 ED.24 2010
OECD handbook for international comparative education statistics : concepts, standards, definitions and classifications.
Paris : OECD, 2004.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2846 .O38 2004

Journals

Computers and education.
New York, Pergamon Press.
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » LB2300 .C6 V.53 N.3-4 2009
Journal of educational and behavioral statistics.
Washington, DC : American Educational Research Association : American Statistical Association, 1994-
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » LB2846 .J67 V.32 2007
Multivariate behavioral research.
[Fort Worth, Tex.] Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology.
Green Library » Stacks » BF1 .M8 V.47 2012:NO.1-3

Databases

Education Databases

ERIC [electronic resource] : the educational resources information center.
[Washington, DC : National Library of Education?, 199?-
Bibliographic database of educational resources including articles, reports, and curriculum.
Education full text [electronic resource].
[Bronx, N.Y.] : H.W. Wilson Co.
Indexes and abstracts articles of English-language periodicals and books on education from 1983 on. Abstracting coverage begins with January 1994. Full-text coverage begins in January 1996 and is available for over half the 600 journals indexed.
Education week American education news site of record [electronic resource].
Bethesda, MD : Editorial Projects in Education, Inc.
Teachers College record book reviews [electronic resource].
Birmingham, AL : Teachers College Record
"Teachers College Record Book Reviews provides comprehensive reviews of the leading books in education and educational research by major scholars in these fields. "

Related Databases

OECD iLibrary [electronic resource].
[Washington, D.C.] : OECD
The OECD's online library of statistical databases, books, and periodicals.
PAIS international in print.
New York, N.Y. : Public Affairs Information Service, Inc., 1991-
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » Z7163 .P3 V.21 2012
Indexes selected books, government documents, and periodical articles on contemporary public issues and the making of public policy.
ProQuest statistical datasets [electronic resource].
[Ann Arbor, Mich.] : Proquest
ProQuest statistical insight [electronic resource].
[Bethesda, Md.] : Congressional Information Service
World development indicators.
Washington, D.C. : The World Bank,
Green Library » Stacks » HC59.15 .W656 2012
from the World Bank.

Websites

American FactFinder

U.S. Census Bureau demographic data including school district level data.

Bay Area Census

U.S. Census data compiled by the Association of Bay Area Governments and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, includes demographic data and educational attainment by cities, counties, and Bay Area.

DataQuest

Statistics on school performance, test scores, student demographics and school staffing.

Ed-Data

Education Data Partnership's Fiscal, Demographic and Performance Data on K-12 Schools in California. "The state, county, district and school reports have a wealth of data about student demographics and performance, plus information about staffing, including teacher salaries."

EdSource - California policy news and data

"Independent and impartial, EdSource strives to advance the common good by developing and widely distributing trustworthy, useful information that clarifies complex K–14 issues and promotes thoughtful decisions about California’s public education system."

Education Data Community

"This web site serves as a central guide for education data resources including high-value data sets, data visualization tools, resources for the classroom, applications created from open data and more. These datasets have been gathered from various agencies to provide detailed information on the state of education on all levels, from cradle to career and beyond. Check back frequently because the site will be updated as more datasets and tools become available."

ICPSR: Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research

"ICPSR provides leadership and training in data access, curation, and methods of analysis for a diverse and expanding social science research community."

International Bureau of Education - World Data on Education (UNESCO)

"The database, which contains selected links to a range of official information sources on education, can also be accessed online."

National Center For Education Statistics (U.S.)

"The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education."

OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)

"The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is an internationally standardised assessment that was jointly developed by participating economies and administered to15-year-olds in schools."

OECD Stat Extracts

OECD Stat Extracts "includes data and metadata for OECD countries and selected non-member economies."

RAND California: Education Statistics

RAND California: Education Statistics includes enrollment, demographics, expenditures, test scores, and much more.

Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Results

Current and historical STAR test results from the California Department of Education.

Stanford Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality

"The Stanford Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality has five objectives: to monitor these and other trends in poverty and inequality, to support scientific analysis of poverty and inequality, to develop science-based policy on poverty and inequality, to disseminate data and research on poverty and inequality, and to train the next generation of scholars and policy analysts."

Stanford University: Common Data Set

"The Common Data Set Initiative is a collaborative effort between publishers and the educational community to improve the quality and accuracy of information provided to all involved in a student's transition into higher education, as well as to reduce the burden on colleges of compiling and reporting information. Questions and definitions used by the U.S. Department of Education in its college surveys are a guide in the development of CDS items. Common Data Set items undergo broad review by secondary schools and two-and four-year colleges."

Trends in College Spending

"Trends in College Spending (TCS) Online is an interactive web-based data system that gives higher education stakeholders easy access to information on finance, performance, and enrollments for individual institutions, groups of institutions, or the nation as a whole. Recent patterns in higher education finance are presented using six primary "metrics" compiled by the Delta Cost Project (shown below). These metrics mirror those in the Delta Cost Project’s Trends in College Spending reports, where national-level patterns and trends are presented. The TCS system allows institutional-level comparisons with those national data."

UNESCO. Institute for Statistics

"Global and internationally comparable statistics on education, science, culture and communication."

World Bank EdStats

"Your comprehensive data and analysis source for key topics in education."