The intention of this paper is to provide an overall reference on how a researcher can apply multiple linear regression in order to utilize the advantages that it has to offer. The advantages and some concerns expressed about the technique are examined. A number of practical ways by which researchers can deal with such concerns as…

The purpose of this paper is to review the development of the Delphi technique and to explore some examples of its application in educational research. The discussion of the technique's development is intended to help potential users of the method see more clearly its liabilities as well as its potential. The eight examples of the technique's use…

The history of the International Communication Association's Communication Audit is briefly reviewed, and possible benefits and pitfalls of the approach are discussed. Certain assumptions and methods underlying the Communicaton Audit are critiqued. (AA)

Reviews selected materials on the use of the case study approach in educational research. Examines the characteristics of, and philosophical assumptions underlying, the case study; the mechanics of conducting a case study; and concerns about reliability, validity, and generalizability in using the method. (AYC)

We propose a methodology for studying the processes of learning and teaching mathematics. We will argue that this methodology carries many of the advantages of qualitative approaches while still keeping the main advantage of quantitative research methodology, which is the potential to produce findings that could be generalized. At the heart of…

The electronic computer has placed new responsibilities upon the researcher at the same time that it has freed statistical methods in educational research, as applied to data analysis, from prohibitive calculation. (Author)

The Battig and Montague (1969) category norms have been an invaluable tool for researchers in many fields, with a recent literature search revealing their use in over 1600 projects published in more than 200 different journals. Since 1969, numerous changes have occurred culturally that warrant the collection of new normative data. For instance, in…

Determining the potential of educational information and communications technology for enhancing teaching and learning is the subject of a great deal of research activity. This paper argues that the technologies employed to enhance learning can also be exploited for the enhancement of research. Recorded learner-system interactions, dynamically…

The new paradigm of studying childhood that has emerged in the past 15 years has significant implications for rethinking research with children. This article examines some methodological and ethical issues related to the role and responsibility of a researcher in the process of designing, structuring, and conducting research on childhood…

Computer concordancing, a form of lexical analysis that locates and gives information about all occurrences of a particular lexical item within a text, is useful in literary analysis. Concordancing programs are available for small computers in all price ranges. Applied to literary text, the programs make it possible to specify each item's…

A REACTION TO JOHN DOWNING'S REPORT ON THE I/T/A READING EXPERIMENT IS PRESENTED. DOWNING ASSUMED THAT THERE WAS NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE EXPERIMENTAL AND CONTROL GROUPS ON IMPORTANT VARIABLES, BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE KOLMOGOROV-SMIRNOV TEST. IT IS CLAIMED, HOWEVER, THAT THE TEST USED IS APPROPRIATE FOR SMALLER SAMPLES. A MORE…

THIS PAPER EMPHASIZES THE COUNSELOR'S NEED FOR RESEARCH INFORMATION ABOUT HIS LOCAL STUDENT POPULATION. NOW THAT ELECTRONIC COMPUTERS ARE MORE AVAILABLE, THE COUNSELOR CAN PRODUCE LOCAL NORMS AND EXPECTANCY TABLES. HE ALSO CAN STUDY THE RELATIONSHIPS OF VARIOUS STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS. THE "SEARCH TECHNIQUE" OF FEEDING A NUMBER OF…

Survey instruments of many kinds are being used extensively in most states for gathering needed data which may re relevant in solving various educational problems. This study presents evaluative criteria and evaluative criteria test items which can be used to serve as guidelines in the designing, constructing, and evaluating of survey instruments…

Three procedures, alpha, image, and uniqueness rescaling, were applied to a joint occurrence probability matrix. That matrix was the basis of a well-known latent class structure. The values of the recurring subscript elements were varied as follows: Case 1 - The known elements were input; Case 2 - The upper bounds to the recurring subscript…