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Quantitative Analysis in SoTL

Analyzing SoTL data requires the appropriate methods. This collection provides guidance for quantitative analysis, including tools for selecting statistical tests, step-by-step instructions for conducting analyses, and examples from common SoTL study designs.

Scholarship of Teaching
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Jess Taggart
Assistant Director & Assistant Professor
Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost
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Lindsay Wheeler
Senior Associate Director & Associate Professor
Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost
Updated: December 2025
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Engaging in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Chapter 7 (Analyzing the Data)

This chapter reviews the basics of qualitative and quantitative analysis, providing a high-level overview of each approach to enable you to make sense of your data and get started with analysis. At the end of the chapter is a worksheet to help you connect the ideas to your own SoTL project.

Cathy Bishop-Clark and Beth Dietz-Uhler
Website

Choosing the Correct Statistical Test in SAS, Stata, SPSS and R

This table from UCLA OARC Statistical Method and Data Analytics group will help you identify appropriate statistical tests and links to how to perform them in four of the most popular statistical analysis softwares: SAS, Stata, SPSS, and R.

UCLA Office of Advanced Research Computing
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Statistical Models for Analyzing Learning Data

In this article, Georjeanna Wilson-Doenges walks through data cleaning and screening, explains fundamental statistical concepts including power and effect size, and matches common research designs (pre-test/post-test, between-groups comparisons, correlational studies) to appropriate statistical tests.

New Directions for Teaching & Learning
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Quantitative Test Selection Practice

This slide deck, developed for the University of Virginia’s SoTL Scholars program, walks you through three examples of quantitative analysis. You will identify the type of research question, type of data, and then use a statistical test selector to determine the appropriate analysis.

Jessica Taggart and Lindsay Wheeler
Website

Laerd Statistics

Laerd Statistics provides comprehensive guides for conducting statistical tests in SPSS. Use the Statistical Test Selector tool to choose appropriate tests and visit the guides for step-by-step instructions for carrying out and reporting over 50 different statistical tests.

Laerd Statistics
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Past Workshop Materials from Research Data Services

This website links out to UVA Research Data Services’ workshop resources on a wide range of topics of interest to those doing quantitative analysis, including R, Python, Stata, SPSS, and Tableau.

University of Virginia Research Data Services

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