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Peer reviewedMaizels, J. K.; And Others – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 1984
A project involving third-year college geography students in determining the most accurate method of predicting mean flow velocity in a stream, using three different methods of estimating Manning's roughness coefficient, is described and evaluated. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Course Evaluation, Field Studies, Geography Instruction
Dobson, Douglas; Cook, Thomas J. – Evaluation Quarterly, 1979
A major problem in social science research is that of successfully carrying out the random assignment of persons to experimental and control groups. In this study a computer-based random assignment procedure operated successfully on a weekly basis for 17 consecutive weeks in a program serving over 360 ex-offenders. (CTM)
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Criminals, Data Collection, Field Studies
Peer reviewedWellenreuther, Martin – Zeitschrift fur Padagogik, 1997
Argues that the usefulness of strictly quantitative research is still questioned in educational studies, primarily due to deficiencies in methodological training. Uses a critique of a recent study by Heitmeyer et al. (1995) to illustrate the requirements of "good" empirical research. Considers the problems of hypothesis testing in field research.…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Field Studies, Higher Education, Hypothesis Testing
