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Knapp, 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)
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Glassner, Barry; Corzine, Jay – Sociology and Social Research, 1982
Develops Glaser and Strauss' (1967) suggestion that fieldwork techniques may be successfully adapted for content analysis research. Discusses relative advantages of literature and traditional fieldwork sites, and initial stages of doing fieldwork at literature sites; demonstrates method used through an evaluation of the hypothesis that prejudice…
Descriptors: Bias, Comparative Analysis, Competition, Content Analysis