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Gansemer-Topf, Ann M.; Downey, Jillian; Genschel, Ulrike – Research & Practice in Assessment, 2017
Effective assessment practice requires clearly defining and operationalizing terminology. We illustrate the importance of this practice by focusing on academic "undermatching"--when students enroll in colleges that are less academically selective than those for which they are academically prepared. Undermatching has been viewed as a…
Descriptors: Differences, Definitions, Vocabulary, Comparative Analysis
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Thiem, Alrik – Sociological Methods & Research, 2015
In a recent contribution to "Sociological Methods & Research," Baumgartner and Epple (B&E) employ Coincidence Analysis (CNA) to explain the outcome of the vote on the Swiss minaret initiative of 2009. Although the authors also present a substantive argument, their principal objective is to prove the superiority of CNA over…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Causal Models, Evaluation Methods, Differences
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Smith-Millman, Marissa K.; Flaspohler, Paul D.; Maras, Melissa A.; Splett, Joni Williams; Warmbold, Kristy; Dinnen, Hannah; Luebbe, Aaron – Advances in School Mental Health Promotion, 2017
Some universal behavioural screening processes require classroom teachers to complete a risk assessment measure on each student in their class, leading to a possible, but unexplored, problem: risk assessment scores may be influenced by the teacher completing the measure. The current study investigated whether teacher-reported risk assessment…
Descriptors: Risk Assessment, Differences, Scores, Elementary School Teachers