When analyzing open-ended or categorical questions, many times responses are cross-classified by other categorical variables. The resulting contingency tables are then analyzed using the chi square test of independence. This procedure leads to multiple significance tests and provides no method to assess higher order interactions. Loglinear…

This study used log-linear modeling to examine responses of high school students enrolled in an interactive video program during the 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998 program years to open-ended questions concerning the strengths and weaknesses of the program. Respondents, 1,024 students from a rural Appalachian area, were categorized by home or remote…

This study was conducted to determine if there were differences in strengths and weaknesses of an educational interactive video program perceived by high school students and their parents over a 4-year time span. Parent and student responses to open-ended questions concerning strengths and weaknesses of the interactive distance learning program…

A previous multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) study of attitudes toward interactive video (ITV) of participants in distance education had indicated that generalized variance was not homogeneous across all groups. Since heterogeneity of variance in MANOVA has previously been shown to change Type I error rates in unequal group size, detected…

The purpose of this study was to determine if there were differences in evaluation of an educational interactive video program between high school students and their parents over a 4-year time span. High school students participating in the interactive video program were surveyed during 5 semesters. Survey instruments were also sent to parents via…

Prior evaluation has been concerned with the attitude of high school students toward the educational interactive video program for the year in which they were participants. This analysis assessed whether there had been changes in attitude toward the program from one year (1995) to the next (1996) and if improvements made based on the 1995…

Teachers participating in an educational interactive video program were surveyed each year for four semesters. The survey instrument contained 31 five-point Likert-type questions, with questions concerning specific comparisons between interactive video and traditional teaching methods, and open-ended questions. A total of 74 teachers responded…