Doctor of Philosophy in Research, Measurement, and Statistics

Kent State University

The Ph.D. degree in Research, Measurement and Statistics develops professionals who have the theoretical knowledge base and application skills to teach courses at the college level in research design, statistics, measurement and evaluation conceptualize, design and evaluate a wide variety of research methodologies choose appropriate analyses for questions and designs that have been proposed communicate effectively with educators and other professionals in the development and application of research and psychometric materials and evaluate programs culminating in written reports.Program Learning OutcomesGraduates of this program will be able to: Demonstrate knowledge of descriptive and inferential statistics at a conceptual and application level. Demonstrate knowledge of research design and methods by selecting and executing the appropriate research design and methods for a variety of applications. Demonstrate knowledge of measurement, including the methods to develop valid and reliable measures of constructs. Demonstrate knowledge of contemporary and classic theories in program evaluation, the purposes and logic of program evaluation and the processes of different types of program evaluation.

College of Education, Health and Human Services