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Perry, Patricia D. – 1993
Researchers have been limited in their ability to examine multiple constructs simultaneously due to the constraints imposed by traditional statistical methods. The most notable limitations include the need for a relatively large sample size while restricting the variables to a relatively small number. The application of a newly discovered…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Analysis of Covariance, Bayesian Statistics, Correlation
Woehlke, Paula L. – 1991
Evaluation of the Attitudes Toward Statistics Scale (ATS) of S. L. Wise (1985) was extended by examining scale responses in relation to: (1) the scale's factor structure; and (2) the correlation of ATS subscale scores with students' grades in statistics courses at several levels of graduate study, students' sex, and scores on measures of basic…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Correlation, Doctoral Programs, Factor Analysis
O'Laughlin, Michael – 1991
This study of student teachers' beliefs was conducted to track changes in their beliefs about teaching and examine the role of academic and practical experiences in modifying these beliefs. The primary focus of this paper is the evolution of methodology, with extracts from three case studies presented to illustrate the direction the research is…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Case Studies, Elementary Education, Epistemology
Miskel, Cecil; Cosgrove, Dorothy – 1984
Recent research casts doubt on the commonly held notions that administrators affect student learning through instructional leadership and that changing administrators will improve school performance. To help construct a model for examining the process of leader succession that specifies a number of major school process and outcome variables…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Environment, Effect Size, Elementary Secondary Education
Swanson, Burton E. – 1987
The International Program for Agricultural Knowledge Systems (INTERPAKS) research team is developing a descriptive and analytic framework to examine and assess agricultural technology systems. The first part of the framework is an inductive methodology that organizes data collection and orders data for comparison between countries. It requires and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Agriculture, Comparative Analysis, Government Role
Shields, Patrick M.; And Others – 1989
Guidance is provided for state Chapter 2 coordinators and evaluators in designing and implementing the congressionally mandated evaluation of the effectiveness of the Chapter 2 program. The first part of this paper reviews the congressional mandate and discusses the appropriate audience for evaluation reports. A schedule is outlined for conducting…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Finance
Graham, Thomas E. – 1990
This study focuses on the Competency Based Education (CBE) movement in a small Ohio school district, asking whether it represents radical change or reenforces status-quo social stratification. CBE was a product of the recent public demand for more educational accountability. It is a radical shift from traditional U.S. education insofar as it…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Competency Based Education, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education
Campbell, Patricia B. – 1986
This pamphlet provides suggestions for school administrators concerning how to best use and interpret educational research. Research and evaluation can provide educational administrators with information necessary to make and justify decisions about programs, testing, and teacher performance. Administrators must remember that: abstracts and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Data Interpretation, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Campbell, Patricia B. – 1986
This pamphlet describes the role of teachers in assessing the quality and utility of research. Research is the backbone of educational theory and practice, forming the basis of what is taught and how it is taught. It is important that teachers remember that: not all research is done well; abstracts and newspaper/magazine reports about research do…
Descriptors: Data Interpretation, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Stereotypes
Morrison, James L.; Ptaszynski, James G. – 1990
An environmental scanning system was developed by the admissions office of a graduate school of management in a small southeastern university. The school's strategic planning committee felt that it would be beneficial to acquire information concerning issues, trends, and possible events that might impact upon the school in the future and to…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Classification, Data Collection, Educational Planning
Bock, R. Darrell – 1986
Efforts have been made to increase the dissemination and use of data generated by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Potential users include those concerned with curriculum and methods evaluation, public policymakers, and researchers. NAEP can provide data for curriculum evaluation, including item analysis data which assist in…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Research, Educational Testing
Russ-Eft, Darlene F. – 1981
A framework is described for preparing process profiles of two different surveys conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES): the Recent College Graduates Survey and the Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS) Fall Enrollment Survey. The process profile examines the adequacy of the entire survey process, using…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Error of Measurement, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Doolittle, Allen E. – 1986
A procedure for the detection of differential item performance (DIP) is used to investigate the relationships between characteristics of mathematics achievement items and gender differences in performance. Eight randomly equivalent samples of high school seniors were each given a unique form of the ACT Assessment Mathematics Usage Test (ACTM).…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Analysis of Variance, Estimation (Mathematics)
Stenhouse, Lawrence; And Others – 1982
This is a report on the work of two linked research projects into teaching about race relations that were mounted at the Centre for Applied Research in Education (CARE) of the University of East Anglia, England, between 1972 and 1975. The projects sought to throw light on the problems and effects of teaching adolescents about race relations by…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Case Studies, Cross Cultural Studies, Data Collection
Biddulph, Fred; And Others – 1983
The first working paper of the Learning in Science Project (Primary)--LISP(P)--"Toward a Framework," outlined what was then seen (1982) as the major aim of the project and proposed a research plan that seemed capable of enabling the project to establish difficulties that teachers have teaching science, to identify difficulties children…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Curriculum Development
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