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Improved Generalizability through Improved Recruitment: Lessons Learned from a Large-Scale Randomized Trial
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Tipton, Elizabeth; Matlen, Bryan J. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2019
Randomized control trials (RCTs) have long been considered the "gold standard" for evaluating the impacts of interventions. However, in most education RCTs, the sample of schools included is recruited based on convenience, potentially compromising a study's ability to generalize to an intended population. An alternative approach is to…
Descriptors: Randomized Controlled Trials, Recruitment, Educational Research, Generalization
Improved Generalizability through Improved Recruitment: Lessons Learned from a Large-Scale Randomized Trial
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Tipton, Elizabeth; Matlen, Bryan J. – Grantee Submission, 2019
Randomized control trials (RCTs) have long been considered the "gold standard" for evaluating the impacts of interventions. However, in most education RCTs, the sample of schools included is recruited based on convenience, potentially compromising a study's ability to generalize to an intended population. An alternative approach is to…
Descriptors: Randomized Controlled Trials, Recruitment, Educational Research, Generalization