Grad Certificate – Applied Measurement & Quantitative Methods
Introducing the newest certificate:
Graduate Certificate in Applied Measurement and Quantitative Methods
The graduate Certificate in Applied Measurement and Quantitative Methods, administered by the Department of Psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences and Educational Psychology in the College of Education, provides advanced knowledge and training in methods typically employed to investigate a wide variety of problems in the broad domains of the social and behavioral sciences. The certificate leverages expertise across colleges to provide students in a variety of disciplines with advanced proficiency in quantitative methods and educational and psychological measurement. Students will gain the expertise to produce, analyze, and report empirical information to drive decision-making and understanding complex environments.
We want you to increase your marketability by providing you with an advanced skill set that will aid you in your future careers. These skills may be invaluable to your employers by helping you make better decisions through rational project design, systematic measurement and the application of modern, sophisticated data analysis. We invite you to take advantage of strengths across departments at WSU to meet your development as a scholar with advanced methodological training.
The certificate is open to students in any WSU graduate program. Students not in degree programs may also earn the certificate by applying and enrolling as non-degree/non-matriculated student. This is a Pullman campus only program. Students are required to maintain the minimum GPA requirement of at least 3.0 while enrolled in the certificate program. To qualify for the graduate certificate a prospective student must have a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited post-secondary institution and meet all prerequisite requirements or demonstrate equivalent knowledge before enrolling in any courses which require these. For non-current WSU students, please apply through the WSU Graduate School, submit a current Resume or Curriculum Vitae, unofficial transcripts from colleges/universities and a Letter of Intent with a brief statement of your professional objectives and how you believe they will be promoted by admission to the prospective WSU program.
NOTE: This certificate program does not accept State of Washington Employee tuition waivers.
Curriculum Description
Students will select a sequence of four courses that best meet their needs by completing 12 credits from the below coursework. The focus may be on quantitative modeling, measurement or a combination of the two.
Educational Psychology courses
Ed Psych 511 | Classical and Modern Test Theory |
Ed Psych 572 | Meta-Analysis |
Ed Psych 575 | Multilevel Modeling |
Ed Psych 576 | Factor Analytic Procedures |
Ed Psych 577 | Item Response Theory |
Prevention Science courses
Prev Sci 508 | Longitudinal Structural Equation Modeling |
Prev Sci 512 | Finite and Growth Mixture Modeling |
Prev Sci 510 | Multilevel Modeling II: Advanced Multilevel Models for Longitudinal Data |
Psychology Courses
Psych 514 | Psychometrics |
Psych 516 | Applied Structural Equation Modeling |
Sociology courses
Soc 527 | Social Network Analysis |
For more information, please contact:
Leonard Burns, Ph.D.: glburns@wsu.edu or Brian F. French, Ph.D.: frenchb@wsu.edu