Advanced Quantitative Methods in Education Research

The UCLA Department of Education (in the Graduate School of Education & Information Studies) and the UCLA Department of Psychology offer a program of interdisciplinary doctoral training dedicated to producing world-class quantitative educational researchers.  The doctoral program in Advanced Quantitative Methods in Education Research is intended for students who want to become expert methodologists who are well trained in substantive education areas and educational policy issues. Program fellows will become the next generation of education scientists able to conduct rigorous educational research that advances knowledge in the field and provides useful information about important educational issues to practitioners and policymakers.

• The program brings together faculty from Education, Psychology, Biostatistics, and Sociology to offer advanced training in research design, statistics, and educational policy issues, and to provide practical research experience with complex, real-world educational issues and problems. 
• Highlights include high-level quantitative training, an invited speaker series, interdisciplinary seminars, and research apprenticeships with renowned researchers in the education and psychology departments, including special opportunities in research related to teaching, learning, and testing in mathematics.

• Participating students receive a guaranteed stipend starting at $30,000/year for up to four years, plus coverage of full tuition and fees, health insurance, travel funds to conferences, and support for research expenses.
• Graduates of the program receive a Certificate in Education Sciences in addition to a doctorate in their discipline.

Interested students may apply to either the Social Research Methodology Division (Department of Education in the Graduate School of Education & Information Studies—for the field of emphasis, select the Advanced Quantitative Methods option) or to the Psychology Department.
In the Statement of Purpose, indicate that you are interested in being a doctoral fellow in the program on Advanced Quantitative Methods in Education Research.
More information about this program can be found here, or contact the program directors:

Noreen Webb, Social Research Methodology Division, webb@ucla.edu
Mike Seltzer, Social Research Methodology Division, mseltzer@ucla.edu
Steve Reise, Department of Psychology, reise@psych.ucla.edu
This initiative is supported by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) in the U.S. Department of Education.