This workshop examines common types of single-subject designs for education research. It focuses on developing competence in identifying and designing single-subject experiments to answer a range of research questions in education. The workshop introduces to participants the basic concepts of regression using practical examples. Emphasis is placed on the use of statistical programmes, SPSS and the analysis of outputs. Both exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis are included in the presentation.
Discussion focuses on the rationale and practical issues of factor analysis.
This short course comprised a total of 5 Modules and some special Modules for reflection. The 5 Modules addressed major issues of qualitative research in sequential order. Prof Yu Shek Cheng discussed methodological considerations in undertaking research in China. These points were highlighted in his recent paper on direct elections of town and township head in China. The workshop introduces to participants some commonly used sampling designs for survey research.