Quantitative methods in education is the science and practice of educational measurement and evaluation, especially through the development and use of statistical methods informed by the study of teaching and learning statistics, In this program you will study measurement, assessment and statistics to address practical challenges. Our students and staff are always looking for new approaches to improve teaching and learning while also meeting the demands of practice, policy, and accountability. Educational measurement and evaluation entails the creation, selection,administration, analysis,reporting and application of various types of assessments in educational contexts.Assessment design,item authoring and task construction, scoring,scaling, euqating standard setting, item response modelingdesign and execution of validity and reliability studies, and the impact of measurement error biased will all be covered. This area of study focuses on enhancing fairness in order to achieve educational equity, as well as evaluating programs, organizations, policies and individuals from early childhood to professions.

Quantitative research methods can be used for descriptive, correlational, or experimental studies. In descriptive research, you merely want an overview of the factorsin your study.You analyze relationships between your study variables in correlational research.In experimental research, you look for the cause and effect link between variables.In the subject of educational psychology, quatitative approaches are employed as a design in evaluating data collected in a systematic process to characterized and test associations, as well as evaluate the source and impact of the relationship. Throughout the process of reviewing the literature, the majority of papers that used quantitative research studies did quasi-experimental research, correlational research, survey research and evaluation research.

As a result, quantitative research is particularly significant in the study of psychology since it helps researchers to collect facts and eventually construct hypotheses that allow psychologist to comprehend the human conditions possibly alleviate suffering and allow the human race to grow.