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Prescott, Julie, Ed. – IGI Global, 2016
Diversity in the workforce can be attributed to both a popular, cultural shift and legislative intervention. Despite these forces, discrimination endures in all aspects of Western society from education to employment. Unequal pay and opportunities for promotion are symptoms of a systematic discrimination of individuals based on race and gender.…
Descriptors: Diversity, Racial Discrimination, Gender Discrimination, Social Change
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Imbens, Guido W. – Psychological Methods, 2010
In Shadish (2010) and West and Thoemmes (2010), the authors contrasted 2 approaches to causality. The first originated in the psychology literature and is associated with work by Campbell (e.g., Shadish, Cook, & Campbell, 2002), and the second has its roots in the statistics literature and is associated with work by Rubin (e.g., Rubin, 2006). In…
Descriptors: Economics, Research Methodology, Causal Models, Inferences
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Skouteris, Helen; Do, Michael; Rutherford, Leonie; Cutter-Mackenzie, Amy; Edwards, Susan – Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 2010
Childhood obesity is a highly complex issue with serious health and environmental implications. It has been postulated that young children (preschool-aged in particular) are able to internalise positive environmental beliefs. Applying a socioecological theoretical perspective, in this discussion paper we argue that although children may…
Descriptors: Television Viewing, Obesity, Consumer Education, Preschool Children
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Lubienski, Christopher; Garn, Gregg – Current Issues in Education, 2010
The question of how information is used by parents in selecting schools is a central issue in school choice debates, where advocates and opponents frequently intermingle theory (often economic), ideological beliefs, and empirical evidence in constructing arguments about the potential of this reform. We employ a nomination strategy to analyze…
Descriptors: School Choice, School Effectiveness, Evidence, Ideology