MGMT 8871 Quantitative Research Methods

Name: Quantitative Research Methods
Rating: 4.25 (4 reviews)

This course deals with quantitative measurement and interpretation of phenomena in organization studies. Topics include theory construction; the development of causal models; the problems of the reliability and validity of measures, survey research, questionnaire design, sampling design, interviewing techniques, data collection, coding, and database design; experimental and quasi-experimental design; and meta-analysis.

Course overview

Department: Management and Organization
School: CSOM
Credits: 3
Level: Graduate
Offered: Every Fall

Catalog details

Prerequisites: Permission of Department

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Course evaluations

Response-weighted averages from Boston College’s official course evaluations (Avalanche/Blue).

Course rating: 4.25 / 5 · Very Good
4 responses
Instructor rating: 4.75 / 5 · Excellent
4 responses
Terms evaluated: 1
Most recent: Spring 2025

Scales: overall ratings run from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent); agreement questions from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree); weekly effort from 1 (up to 1 hour) to 5 (10 or more hours).

Evaluations by term and instructor
Term	Instructor	Course overall	Instructor overall	Well organized	Clear learning objectives	Intellectually challenging	Helpful assignments	Applicable beyond course	Attendance necessary	Weekly effort	Responses
Spring 2025	Tieying Yu	4.3	4.8	4.5	4.8	4.8	4.5	4.5	5.0	4–6 hrs/week	4 of 4

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-10-09. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

Instructors

Tieying Yu
Spring 2027, Spring 2025 · Official rating 4.75/5

Sections

Section 01
Spring 2027 · Tieying Yu · Fulton Hall 240 Tu 03:00PM-05:30PM · Offered