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Valentine, Jeffrey C.; McHugh, Cathleen M. – Psychological Methods, 2007
Using meta-analysis, randomized experiments in education that either clearly did or clearly did not experience student attrition were examined for the baseline comparability of groups. Results from 35 studies suggested that after attrition, the observed measures of baseline comparability of groups did not differ more than would be expected given…
Descriptors: Sampling, Effect Size, Student Attrition, Educational Research
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Adair, John G.; And Others – Review of Educational Research, 1989
A descriptive analysis of research practices and a meta-analysis of control group effect sizes are used to address Hawthorne effects in educational experiments. The analysis of 86 studies and 256 treatment/Hawthorne/no-treatment control group effect size comparisons indicate that artifact controls have limited utility in dealing with the Hawthorne…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Educational Experiments, Educational Research, Effect Size