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Padgett, Ryan D.; Salisbury, Mark H.; An, Brian P.; Pascarella, Ernest T. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2010
The sophisticated analytical techniques available to institutional researchers give them an array of procedures to estimate a causal effect using observational data. But as many quantitative researchers have discovered, access to a wider selection of statistical tools does not necessarily ensure construction of a better analytical model. Moreover,…
Descriptors: Institutional Research, Researchers, Statistical Analysis, Models