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Download full textBloom, Howard S.; Michalopoulos, Charles; Hill, Carolyn J.; Lei, Ying – 2002
A study explored which nonexperimental comparison group methods provide the most accurate estimates of the impacts of mandatory welfare-to-work programs and whether the best methods work well enough to substitute for random assignment experiments. Findings were compared for nonexperimental comparison groups and statistical adjustment procedures…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Error of Measurement
Plewis, Ian; Preston, John – 2001
This document presents the key principles underpinning effective evaluations as applied to policy initiatives in the field of lifelong learning (LL) and the various methods available to implement them. The following are among the topics discussed in Chapters 1-6: (1) the distinction between monitoring, modeling, and evaluation and considerations…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Case Studies, Cost Effectiveness
Imel, Susan; Kerka, Sandra; Wonacott, Michael E. – 2002
Directed at practitioners in adult and career education, this document defines qualitative research, compares qualitative research to quantitative research, describes the "war" between proponents of each kind of research, describes how to assess qualitative research, and explains how to choose and use qualitative techniques. Pitfalls of…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Bias
