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Direct linkTanner-Smith, Emily E.; Lipsey, Mark W. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2014
There are many situations where random assignment of participants to treatment and comparison conditions may be unethical or impractical. This article provides an overview of propensity score techniques that can be used for estimating treatment effects in nonrandomized quasi-experimental studies. After reviewing the logic of propensity score…
Descriptors: Probability, Scores, Quasiexperimental Design, High Schools
Rosenbek, John C.; McCullough, Gary H.; Wertz, Robert T. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2004
A hotly debated topic in oropharyngeal dysphagia is the Clinical Swallowing Examination's (CSE) importance in clinical practice. That debate can profit from the application of evidence-based medicine's (EBM) principles and procedures. These can guide both appropriate data collection and interpretation as will be demonstrated in the present report.…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Patients, Data Collection, Data Interpretation
Download full textIngels, Steven J.; Scott, Leslie A. – 1991
The collection of dropout statistics is discussed from the perspective of the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88). The NELS:88 follows a cohort of 1988 eighth graders over time and is designed to provide trend data about transitions experienced as students progress through the educational system. Dropout statistics are provided…
Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, Data Collection, Demography, Dropouts
Crafts, Jennifer – 1991
Biographical inventory is a selection device used as an alternative or supplement to cognitive testing because this measurement method predicts aspects of job performance that are not predicted by cognitive measures. Some of the issues and concerns about using biographical inventories are discussed. The use of biographical inventories (biodata) is…
Descriptors: Biographical Inventories, Cognitive Tests, Data Collection, Individual Characteristics
Pinkus, Lyndsay – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2006
Graduation rates are a fundamental indicator of whether or not the nation's public school system is doing what it is intended and funded to do: enroll, engage, and educate youth to be productive members of society. Graduation rates are not just a "bottom line" for schools--they are critical predictors of individual achievement and have undeniable…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Educational Indicators, Predictive Measurement, Educational Attainment
Hume, Jerry – 1992
This memorandum presents the report and recommendations of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Future of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The Ad Hoc Committee was created by the National Assessment Governing Board in 1992 to prepare recommendations on non-mandated subjects to be assessed by the NAEP and to prepare a discussion paper…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Advisory Committees, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection
