Finding Research Using a T-Test or a Chi Square Test
To look for articles specifically including the t-test or Chi Square test, use the search term t-test or chi square in the Subject Terms field. Otherwise you will get many non-relevant hits. Please click on search box image below. Narrow your results with additional search words or from the options in the left column.
The same thing should work for other statistical tests, e.g. Chi Squared Test. The students would then add keywords related to their own research to the search fields.
Searching Statistical Analysis Terminology
More general terms would include Statistical Analysis or Statistical Inference and more specific terms as listed in the right column. Search these terms in the Subject Field. Please click on search box image below.
Quantitative Research in Dissertations
Another source of research using quantitative research may be found in dissertations.
A Functional Approach to Educational Research Methods and Statistics by 
Handbook of Quantitative Methods for Educational Research by 
International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences by To find articles in ERIC click on the advanced search tab. Use the phrase "quantitative research" as one of your search terms.
Related terms that may be searched:
Bayesian statistics
Correlation
Effect size
Error of measurement
Factor analysis
Goodness of fit
Hypothesis testing
Item analysis
Least squares
Monte Carlo Methods
Maximum likelihood
Multivariate analysis
Regression (statistics)
Robustness (statistics)
Statistical analysis
Statistical inference
Statistical significance
Hypothesis testing
Markov processes
Also the following may be use, but not restricted to Subject Terms
Experimental design, design of experiments, statistical design, or research design
Educational research : quantitative, qualitative, and mixed approaches by