MATH 80667A

Basic concepts for data collection planning; appropriate statistical analyses of these data and interpretation of results. Advantages and disadvantages of the various experimental designs. This course is designed for PhD students undertaking quantitative research in management.

This course has four main objectives: 1) to present the major experimental designs used for research in management and in the behavioral sciences; 2) to familiarize students with the statistical methods and a software (e.g., SPSS) to analyze experimental data; 3) to interpret and present results from the statistical analyses and discuss the validity and limits of the results; 4) to understand and to criticize the methodology and statistical results of published articles in the research fields of the students.