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Research Methods and Data Science

At UVA EHD, our faculty and scholars are advancing the science of research itself — driving innovation in open science, data analysis, and qualitative inquiry to generate knowledge that transforms education and improves lives.

$64.1M
million in research funding in fiscal year 2024

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Chapter: Accomplishing Meaningful Equity

The Foundational Handbook on Improvement Research in Education | Section I introduction: Foundations of improvement research in education (pp. 23-27). Chapter: Accomplishing meaningful equity (pp. 89-110).

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Hunter Student Research Conference

The Hunter Student Research Conference (HSRC) is an opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students to share their research while gaining valuable experience proposing, preparing, and presenting their work in a supportive environment.

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Virginia Education Science Training (VEST) Fellowships

The VEST program prepares students to apply theory and methods from the social sciences to research on schools and classrooms. VEST fellows experience an exciting set of courses, workshops and speakers. Through these experiences, fellows learn a set of rigorous experimental and quasi-experimental methods that help them develop proficiency in designs that allow for causal inference.

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Research Labs: Research Methods and Data Science

  • SERA
  • Research Lab

Special Education Research Accelerator

The Special Education Research Accelerator (SERA) is a platform for conducting crowdsourced studies related to special education. SERA serves as a dynamic platform that brings together multiple research teams to collaboratively conduct high-quality, large-scale, and open studies with diverse samples in special education. 

  • CASTL
  • Project

LinkB5

LinkB5 is the data system for Virginia's unified measurement and improvement system, Virginia Quality Birth to Five (VQB5). LinkB5 collects information about early childhood care and education (ECE) to broaden and deepen understanding of Virginia’s unique needs and resources. It was created through a partnership between the University of Virginia’s Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning (CASTL), the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) and the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation (VECF).

  • Research Project

Teachers in the Movement

The project focuses on oral history interviews with elementary, secondary, and university teachers and educators about their participation in and efforts during the Civil Rights Movement.  The Civil Rights Movement was not racially monolithic. The project embraces a multicultural mindset to conduct interviews with educators of different races, ethnic backgrounds, class and social backgrounds.

Related Academic Programs

Ready for the next step? Explore a selection of programs related to research methods and data science.

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    1. Quantitative Analytics in Education and the Social Sciences

      Preparing students for research roles as applied data scientists in settings that involve working with large data sets to address questions of substantive importance.

      Program Level

      • Graduate

      Program Type

      • Full Time
      • Part Time

      Location

      • In-Person
    2. Graduates of the Ph.D. in education with a concentration in research, statistics and evaluation program are educational scholars who are prepared for careers in university settings or research organizations.

      Program Level

      • Graduate

      Program Type

      • Full Time

      Estimated Length

      4 years

      Location

      • In-Person