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Bakker, Arthur; Ben-Zvi, Dani; Makar, Katie – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2017
To understand how statistical and other types of reasoning are coordinated with actions to reduce uncertainty, we conducted a case study in vocational education that involved statistical hypothesis testing. We analyzed an intern's research project in a hospital laboratory in which reducing uncertainties was crucial to make a valid statistical…
Descriptors: Statistical Inference, Case Studies, Statistics, Hypothesis Testing
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Spitze, Glenna D. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1978
Data from National Longitudinal Study of Education and Labor Market Experiences of Young Women tested effect of three types of "role hiatus experiences" on taste for paid employment and on sex role beliefs. Experiences of employment, occupational training, and college attendance altered tastes for employment, but not sex role attitudes. (Author)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Beliefs, College Attendance, Employment
ADKINS, WINTHROP R.; AND OTHERS – 1967
TRAINING RESOURCES FOR YOUTH, INC. (PROJECT TRY) WAS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH 600 17-21 YEAR OLD MALES IN THE BEDFORD-STUYVESANT AREA OF BROOKLYN COULD LEARN VOCATIONAL, PERSONAL, AND SOCIAL SKILLS. SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH TECHNIQUES WERE USED TO PRODUCE POSITIVE CHANGES IN ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORS OF…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavior, Disadvantaged Youth, Males
Thomas, Hollie B. – 1970
The cardinal objective of Project REDY was the development of a vocationally oriented, family centered educational program in a depressed rural area. However, before a workable educational program could be developed, the status quo of severely disadvantaged rural families had to be ascertained. In order to do this, the "Minnesota Survey of…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Attitudes, Disadvantaged Youth, Family (Sociological Unit)
Cheek, Jimmy G., Comp. – 1979
This compilation includes abstracts of 165 research and development studies in agricultural education completed during the period July 1, 1978, to June 30, 1979. Fifty-three of the compiled studies represent staff research, seventy-eight represent master's theses, and thirty-four represent doctoral dissertations. Studies are arranged…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Academic Achievement, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering
Mannebach, Alfred J., Comp. – 1978
This compilation includes abstracts of 140 research and development studies in agricultural education completed during the period July 1, 1977 to June 30, 1978. Thirty-three of the completed studies represent staff research, fifty-six represent master's theses, and fifty-one represent doctoral dissertations. Studies are arranged alphabetically by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Animal Husbandry