Introduction to the Special Issue: Advances in Quantitative Methods to Further Research in Education and Educational Psychology
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- 2 September 2016
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- Published by Taylor & Francis in Educational Psychologist
- Vol. 51 (3-4) , 301-304
Abstract
This article introduces the special issue titled “Advances in Quantitative Research Methods to Further Research in Education and Educational Psychology.” It starts by framing the context for the contributions to the special issue by highlighting some important signposts that marked the development of analytic methods facilitating inferences on change and change processes. Next it underlines how the analytic methods that are the focus of the articles could help expand further the array of questions that researchers in education and educational psychology are able to tackle. The article concludes by providing brief overviews of the main aspects discussed in each of the 8 contributions included in this special issue.Keywords
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