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Download full textKell, Harrison J.; Martin-Raugh, Michelle P.; Carney, Lauren M.; Inglese, Patricia A.; Chen, Lei; Feng, Gary – ETS Research Report Series, 2017
Behaviorally anchored rating scales (BARS) are an essential component of structured interviews. Use of BARS to evaluate interviewees' performance is associated with greater predictive validity and reliability and less bias. BARS are time-consuming and expensive to construct, however. This report explores the feasibility of gathering participants'…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Structured Interviews, Research Reports, Performance Based Assessment
Nelson, Michael C.; Cordray, David S.; Hulleman, Chris S.; Darrow, Catherine L.; Sommer, Evan C. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2010
An educational intervention's effectiveness is judged by whether it produces positive outcomes for students, with the randomized controlled trial (CRT) as a valuable tool for determining intervention effects. However, the intervention-as-implemented in an experiment frequently differs from the intervention-as-designed, making it unclear whether…
Descriptors: Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs, Experimental Programs
Direct linkAli, Hikmat H.; Malkawi, Fuad K.; Al-Betawi, Yamen N. – Social Indicators Research, 2009
In recent years, the interest grew in research on measuring the "quality of life" (QOL) in cities. This interest comes from the success QOL measurement achieved in understanding communities' needs, tracking changes in different aspects of life and assessing the most desired types of future development among citizens. This research…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Foreign Countries, Interviews, Expertise
Peer reviewedRamey, Judith A. – Technical Communication: Journal of the Society for Technical Communication, 1995
Investigates technical communicators' attitudes about six proposed ways to measure value added. Finds that technical communicators thought the measures are generally appropriate, feasible, and persuasive, but many have doubts about their cost acceptability. (RS)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Evaluation Methods, Feasibility Studies, Questionnaires
Norton, Daniel P.; Watley, Donivan J. – 1972
A study of the "efficiency and efficacy" of evaluation practices of the Illinois Division of Vocational and Technical Education as conducted by Educational Testing Service is reported on. The study was directed toward understanding how evaluation practices of the Division, with largest emphasis upon the performance of the Three Phase System used…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Feasibility Studies, Interviews, Program Evaluation
Louden, Jenifer H.; Kamara, Sheku G. – 1992
This report describes a 7-week pilot study conducted to estimate probable participation rates for a planned substance abuse treatment outcomes study. The pilot program tested whether acceptable response rates might be obtained by contacting clients whose records had been examined by an earlier study (retrospective) or by contacting current clients…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Drug Rehabilitation, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Kaufman, Steven – 1988
As a step in combining three of the Elementary and Secondary Education surveys of the National Center for Education Statistics to produce one database linking local education agencies, schools, and teachers, the merged procedures and collections forms were pretested. Different methods were tested by splitting the pretest sample of 220 public…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Feasibility Studies
Simison, Diane; And Others – 1981
A study assessed the feasibility of conducting a national cost-benefit analysis of vocational education and presented recommendations for future research on the relationship between vocational education costs and benefits. Following an analysis of the state of the art in utilizing cost-benefit methodologies to evaluate vocational education, a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cost Effectiveness, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Simison, Diane; And Others – 1981
A study reviewed the measurement problems that would confront a study team performing a national cost-benefit analysis of vocational education and presented alternative strategies to overcome these measurement problems and to provide input into assessing the feasibility of conducting a national cost-benefit study. To meet these objectives,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Strategies, Cost Effectiveness, Data Collection
Simison, Diane; And Others – 1981
A study examined the feasibility of performing a national cost-benefit analysis of secondary, postsecondary, and adult vocational education. The study involved three components: a survey of the state of the art of utilizing cost-benefit methodologies to evaluate the returns on investments in vocational education; an overview of the potential…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cost Effectiveness, Data Analysis, Data Collection
California Univ., Los Angeles. Center for the Study of Evaluation. – 1984
This monograph contains four position papers and two conference papers from the Systemic Evaluation Project (fiscal year, 1984) on the methodological issues associated with applying a comprehensive information system in a secondary school setting. These papers represent work in progress at a suburban Los Angeles high school field test of systemic…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Computer Managed Instruction, Data Processing, Educational Environment
American Medical Students Association Foundation, Rolling Meadows, IL. – 1976
The original version of this report dealt with the feasibility of a longitudinal design for studying the effects of preceptorships on medical students' career choices. The present document supplements the original report, focuses on various non-longitudinal designs, and assesses their suitability for providing the type of information required for…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Clinical Experience, Community Size, Control Groups
Simison, Diane; And Others – 1981
This report examines the state of the art of utilizing cost-benefit methodologies to evaluate the returns on investments in vocational education. The objectives and format of the report and the literature search methodology employed in it are outlined. Presented next is an overview of the diverse literature related to cost-benefit analysis,…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Cost Effectiveness
