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Dwyer, Theodore J. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
There is a great deal of concern regarding teacher impacts on student achievement being used as a substantial portion of a teacher's performance evaluation. This study investigated the degree of concordance and discordance between mathematics teacher ranking using value tables and covariate regression, which have both been used as measures for…
Descriptors: Value Added Models, Teacher Influence, Academic Achievement, Performance Based Assessment
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Noma, Elliot; Olivastro, Dominic – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1985
A study comparing citations received by patents in given year to number received in subsequent years found that, even though influential patents remain influential, both highly and infrequently cited patents age at same rate. Distribution of patents by number of citations received is stable over time. (17 references) (EJS)
Descriptors: Citations (References), Comparative Analysis, Matrices, Models
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Hurt, C. D. – Library and Information Science Research, 1985
An examination of methodological referencing patterns for actual physics, engineering, and sociology literature for the year 1983, using a Dunn planned comparison approach, indicates that physics differs from both engineering and sociology, while no difference was found between engineering and sociology. References are given in each sample…
Descriptors: Citations (References), Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Engineering
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Qiu, Liwen – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1993
Describes research that was conducted to determine the search state patterns through which users retrieve information in hypertext systems. Use of the Markov model to describe users' search behavior is discussed, and search patterns of different user groups were studied by comparing transition probability matrices. (Contains 25 references.) (LRW)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Hypermedia, Information Retrieval
Cooper, Ernest C. – 1990
For a number of years, the California community colleges have used data from annual statewide surveys conducted by the Kern Community College District and the California Community College Trustees (CCCT) for comparative faculty salary information. Both the Kern and CCCT studies rely upon the device of selecting benchmark points (such as the…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Computer Oriented Programs
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Leutner, Detlev; Weinsier, Philip D. – Computers in Human Behavior, 1994
This article's goals are to validate the Computer and Information Technology Attitude Inventory (Weinsier and Leutner, 1988), a nontraditional approach to attitude measurement; and to report on a study designed to search for intercultural differences or cross-cultural consistency of attitudes toward computers and information technology. (46…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Computer Anxiety