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Peer reviewedKnapp, Thomas R.; Tam, Hak P. – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 1997
Examines potential problems in the use of inferential statistics for single population proportions, differences between two population proportions, and quotients of two population proportions. Discusses hypothesis testing versus interval estimation. Emphasizes the importance of selecting the appropriate formula for the standard error and…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Error of Measurement, Hypothesis Testing, Ratios (Mathematics)
Download full textCharters, W. W., Jr. – 1992
The hypothesis is the device scientists use to translate questions, theories, or proposed explanations into a form amenable to empirical research. This edition of W. W. Charter's treatise on clear, conceptual definitions and precise operational hypotheses, which was originally developed to assist students in educational policy and management…
Descriptors: Classification, Educational Administration, Educational Research, Higher Education
