18小时的定量研究证书（QRC）旨在使研究人员和学者成为定量研究的用户和关键消费者。证书持有人接受了各种方法的培训，以进行严格的科学定量研究;设计有效的实验和准实验研究;管理和使用大规模数据集;使用适当的方法分析各种类型的数据集（例如嵌套数据，纵向数据）建模技术。在自己的研究中应用高级统计方法（例如，结构方程模型，多级建模）。使用因子分析或项目响应理论等技术进行与测量相关的研究。
The 18-hour Quantitative Research Certificate (QRC) is designed to prepare researchers and scholars to be users and critical consumers of quantitative research. Certificate holders are trained in various methods in order to conduct rigorous, scientific quantitative research.<br><br>Students completing the QRC (depending on the chosen track) will be able to:<br><br>Design effective experimental and quasi-experimental studies<br>Manage and use large scale datasets<br>Analyze various types of datasets (e.g., nested data, longitudinal data) with the appropriate modeling techniques<br>Apply advanced statistical methods (e.g., structural equation modeling, multilevel modeling) in their own research<br>Critically review studies that make use of a diverse set of statistical methods<br>Conduct measurement related studies using techniques such as factor analysis or item response theory