Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Psychology - Measurement, Evaluation, and Cognition

University of Alberta

The graduate program of Measurement, Evaluation, and Data Science (MEDS) provides students with a solid core foundation in four areas: Psychometrics (designing, analyzing, and interpreting high-quality instruments), Research Methodology (statistical methods and research design), Evaluation (the evaluation of educational and organizational programs), and Data Science (data mining techniques, machine learning algorithms, and learning analytics). MEDS is the largest graduate program in Canada that focuses on measurement, evaluation, and data science. MEDS has five full-time faculty members who all have active and well-funded research programs. MEDS offers a variety of required and elective courses through the Faculty of Education and other programs, including Computing Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Psychology, and Linguistics. MEDS is affiliated with the largest measurement and evaluation research centre in Canada, the Centre for Research in Applied Measurement and Evaluation (CRAME).