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Peer reviewedCaulley, Darrel N. – Evaluation and Program Planning: An International Journal, 1983
An introduction and overview to document analysis as a retrospective data collection technique are presented. (PN)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedCohen, Patricia – Evaluation and Program Planning: An International Journal, 1982
The various costs of Type I and Type II errors of inference from data are discussed. Six methods for minimizing each error type are presented, which may be employed even after data collection for Type I and which minimizes Type II errors by a study design and analytical means combination. (Author/CM)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Error of Measurement
Peer reviewedCochran, Nancy – Evaluation and Program Planning: An International Journal, 1979
Characteristics of population and economic measures as traditional social indicators are compared to more recent quality of life measures to demonstrate that social indicators are value statements at the policy level. Alternative perspectives are illustrated and the importance of assumptions implicit in a given indicator is discussed. (Author/MH)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Decision Making, Demography, Economic Factors
