The RME M.S. Ed. program is guided by the following vision and mission statements:
The vision of the RME program is to be a central part of putting methods into practice in the social sciences and education.
The mission of the RME M.S.Ed. program is to (a) promote and advance quantitative methodology in social sciences, and (b) provide students with the requisite training for them to become high-quality researchers, data analysts, research coordinators, and measurement advisors in a variety of industrial and academic setting.
The objective of the Research, Measurement, and Evaluation (RME) program is to train individuals to become experts in the research methodology, measurement, and statistics used in conducting applied research, evaluations, and assessments related to educational, psychological, and health outcomes.
As a STEM Designated Degree Program, the RME M.S.Ed. program aims to train students in research methodology, relevant statistical and measurement analyses, and statistical software required for data management and statistical analyses relevant to research and evaluations conducted in educational, psychological, health, and human service environments.
To accomplish this goal, our curriculum provides students sufficient training in the relevant methodologies and statistical software through coursework and field experience. We provide a variety of courses that cover basic descriptive and inferential statistics, the general linear models, multivariate statistics, structural equation modeling, multilevel modeling, psychometric theory, data management, and statistical programming using R, SPSS, SAS, or Mplus.
