Statistics in Music Education Research

Joshua A. Russell is Associate Professor of Music Education at the Hartt School of the University of Hartford where he currently is Director of the Music Education Division and Chair of Graduate Studies in Music Education. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in music education and string pedagogy and is the director of the Hartt String Project. Dr. Russell's research interests include musician health, assessment of music learning, string education, and psycho-social/cognitive development in musical learning and teaching. He often presents research throughout the United States and beyond including Ireland, England, Germany, China, Australia, Finland, Greece, Norway, and Cyprus.

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About the Companion Website
Section 1: Introduction
Chapter 1: Fundamental Principles
Chapter 2: Descriptive Statistics
Section 2: Parametric Statistical Procedures
Chapter 3: Pearson Product Moment Correlation
Chapter 4: One Sample T-Test
Chapter 5: Dependent Samples T-Test
Chapter 6: Independent Samples t-test
Chapter 7: Univariate Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
Chapter 8: Factorial ANOVA
Chapter 9: Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA)
Chapter 10: Repeated Measures Analysis of Variance
Chapter 11: Univariate Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA)
Chapter 12: Multivariate Analysis of Covariance (MANCOVA)
Chapter 13: Regression Analysis
Chapter 14: Data Reduction: Factor and Principle Component Analysis
Chapter 15: Discriminant Analysis
Section 3: Reliability Analysis
Chapter 16: Cronbach's Alpha
Chapter 17: Split-half Reliability
Section 4: Nonparametric Tests
Chapter 18: Chi-Square
Chapter 19: Mann-Whitney U Test
Chapter 20: Kruskal Wallis H Test
Chapter 21: Spearman Correlation
Chapter 22: Wilcoxon Test
Chapter 23: Friedman's Test
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Index