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Fives, Allyn; Canavan, John; Dolan, Pat – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2017
There is significant controversy over what counts as evidence in the evaluation of social interventions. It is increasingly common to use methodological criteria to rank evidence types in a hierarchy, with Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs) at or near the highest level. Because of numerous challenges to a hierarchical approach, this article…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Research, Randomized Controlled Trials, Ethics
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Schneider, W. Joel – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2013
Researchers often argue that the structural models of the constructs they study are relevant to clinicians. Unfortunately, few clinicians are able to translate the mathematically precise relationships between latent constructs and observed scores into information that can be usefully applied to individuals. Typically this means that when a new…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Psychological Studies, Cognitive Ability, Test Reliability
Tatsuoka, Kikumi K.; Tatsuoka, Maurice M. – 1992
Results of cognitive diagnoses were validated using the rule-space model, and the usefulness of cognitive diagnosis for instruction was demonstrated. Through preliminary studies, 33 stages of knowledge were defined as cognitive diagnoses to be applied to results from a test of knowledge about fractions of seventh and eighth graders (initial test…
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Diagnostic Tests, Fractions, Junior High School Students