Descriptive statistics
McEvoy, M., & Wills, T. (2020). Descriptive statistics for summarising data. BMC Research Notes, 13, Article 168. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-020-05038-7 A concise and accessible resource that explains the role of descriptive statistics in summarising research data, and provides examples of how these methods support the interpretation of distributions, variability, and central tendencies. Weiss, M. J., & Maynard, R. A. (2022). Descriptive analysis in education: A guide for researchers. National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (NCEE 2023-001). U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved from: https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/pubs/2023001/pdf/2023001.pdf A methodological guide detailing best practices for conducting and reporting descriptive analyses in educational research, particularly useful for researchers in mixed-methods or quantitative studies. Loeb, S., Dynarski, S., McFarland, D., Morris, P., Reardon, S., ...