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Ong-Dean, Colin; Hofstetter, Carolyn Huie; Strick, Betsy R. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2011
In the contentious debate over the use of randomized clinical trials (RCTs) in education research, little attention has been given to how methodological issues arise and/or are resolved in the implementation of random assignment. Following a review of the methodological-theoretical literature on RCTs and alternative research designs, this article…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Research Methodology, Researchers, Data Analysis
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Snow, Catherine E. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 1991
Considers theory and hypotheses about the relationship between preschool experiences and literacy outcomes that are based on the longitudinal Home-School Study of Language and Literacy Development project, now in its fourth year of data collection. Also discussed are the sample, data collection techniques, and types of analysis being used in the…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Family School Relationship, Language Acquisition
Cohen, Andrew D.; Rodrigues-Brown, Flora – 1977
This phase of the downstate Illinois bilingual education program included: locating all past data still in existence in 1976; determining what data were actually retrievable and usable; reporting on these data retrospectively; and finally, collecting new data for a continuing longitudinal study. There were 44 school districts with 4,579 students…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Data Collection