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Direct linkLeher Singh; Mihaela D. Barokova; Heidi A. Baumgartner; Diana C. Lopera-Perez; Paul Okyere Omane; Mark Sheskin; Francis L. Yuen; Yang Wu; Katherine J. Alcock; Elena C. Altmann; Marina Bazhydai; Alexandra Carstensen; Kin Chung Jacky Chan; Hu Chuan-Peng; Rodrigo Dal Ben; Laura Franchin; Jessica E. Kosie; Casey Lew-Williams; Asana Okocha; Tilman Reinelt; Tobias Schuwerk; Melanie Soderstrom; Angeline S. M. Tsui; Michael C. Frank – Developmental Psychology, 2024
Culture is a key determinant of children's development both in its own right and as a measure of generalizability of developmental phenomena. Studying the role of culture in development requires information about participants' demographic backgrounds. However, both reporting and treatment of demographic data are limited and inconsistent in child…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Young Children, Demography, Cultural Traits
Download full textJustin B. Doromal; Erica Greenberg; Elli Nikolopoulos; Eve Mefferd; Heather Sandstrom; Rachel Lamb; Victoria Nelson; Timothy Triplett – Urban Institute, 2024
Early childhood educators play essential roles in providing stable and high-quality child care for young children and supporting their development and growth. As is also true nationwide, historically low wages in the District of Columbia have led to challenges in compensating and retaining qualified early childhood educators, and in turn, building…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Early Childhood Education, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance
Shiyu Zhang; James Wagner – Sociological Methods & Research, 2024
Adaptive survey design refers to using targeted procedures to recruit different sampled cases. This technique strives to reduce bias and variance of survey estimates by trying to recruit a larger and more balanced set of respondents. However, it is not well understood how adaptive design can improve data and survey estimates beyond the…
Descriptors: Surveys, Research Design, Response Rates (Questionnaires), Demography
Baylee A. Edwards; Jude Kolodisner; Jacob P. Youngblood; Katelyn M. Cooper; Sara E. Brownell – Advances in Physiology Education, 2024
The impersonal nature of high-enrollment science courses makes it difficult to build student-instructor relationships, which can negatively impact student learning and engagement, especially for members of marginalized groups. In this study, we explored whether an instructor collecting and sharing aggregated student demographics could positively…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Data Collection, Surveys, Demography
Suich, Helen; Yap, Mandy; Pham, Trang – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2022
This paper uses Individual Deprivation Measure data from Indonesia and South Africa to demonstrate the effects of coverage bias associated with mobile phone-based sampling and data collection approaches that restrict sampling frames to those who own or have access to a mobile phone -- a increasingly common method. Analysis of this data…
Descriptors: Bias, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Sampling
Enid Zambrana, Ruth; Amaro, Gabriel; Butler, Courtney; DuPont-Reyes, Melissa; Parra-Medina, Deborah – Health Education & Behavior, 2021
Introduction: Prior to 1980, U.S. national demographic and health data collection did not identify individuals of Hispanic/Latina/o heritage as a population group. Post-1990, robust immigration from Latin America (e.g., South America, Central America, Mexico) and subsequent growth in U.S. births, dynamically reconstructed the ethnoracial lines…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Demography, Hispanic Americans
Álvaro de Oliveira D'Antona; José Diego Gobbo Alves – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2024
We describe the use of tablet computers with ESRI Survey123 for data collection in sociodemographic surveys applied to land use and cover change studies. Based on the administration of 716 questionnaires during the expedition carried out in 2022 in 64 rural communities along the Rio Negro River, in the Brazilian Amazon, we evaluate the advantages…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Tablet Computers, Technology Uses in Education, Social Science Research
Daugherty, Lindsay; Anderson, Drew M. – RAND Corporation, 2021
This appendix supplements the report "Stackable Credential Pipelines in Ohio: Evidence on Programs and Earnings Outcomes" (ED613593). In the appendix, the authors provide more details about the data and empirical approach, additional information about the samples, and some alternative results from analyses related to those that appear in…
Descriptors: Credentials, Postsecondary Education, Research Methodology, Data Collection
Schles, Rachel Anne; McCarthy, Tessa; Blankenship, Karen; Coy, Justin – Exceptional Children, 2021
The prevalence of students with visual impairments varies across the United States, yet limited analysis exists on how many students receive special education services. The following study collected population data on students with visual impairments for the 2017-2018 school year and ran focus groups with state-level administrators to understand…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Visual Impairments, Blindness, Administrators
Barros, Thiago M.; Souza Neto, Plácido A.; Silva, Ivanovitch; Guedes, Luiz Affonso – Education Sciences, 2019
Predicting school dropout rates is an important issue for the smooth execution of an educational system. This problem is solved by classifying students into two classes using educational activities related statistical datasets. One of the classes must identify the students who have the tendency to persist. The other class must identify the…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Models, Dropout Rate, Classification
Tipton, Elizabeth; Olsen, Robert B. – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2022
This guide will help researchers design and implement impact studies in education so that the findings are more generalizable to the study's target population. Guidance is provided on key steps that researchers can take, including defining the target population, selecting a sample of schools--and replacement schools, when needed--managing school…
Descriptors: Outcome Measures, Evaluators, Educational Researchers, Educational Research
Kevin O’Farrell – Florida Department of Education, 2023
This technical assistance paper provides policy and guidance to individuals with test administration responsibilities in adult education programs. The Florida assessment policies and guidelines presented in this technical assistance paper are appropriate for state and federal reporting. Therefore, guidance and procedures regarding the selection…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Testing, Achievement Gains, Outcome Measures
Kurt B. Doan – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Although the body of research about LGBTQ+ students in higher education is growing, little is known about the experiences, success rates, persistence, and graduation rates of sexual minority community college students. Researchers studying this population frequently cite a lack of available data that would assist in exploring the experiences of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Practices, Data Collection, Student Records
Akman, Ozkan; Alagoz, Bulent – Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
The purpose of education should be to raise people who are researchers, developer, investigating what they find, use their knowledge in their behaviors and who can interpret and put new things on them. When children are being educated, the experience should be before the occurrence of the story. First, good and bad environment should be shown,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Environmental Education
Arnold, Kimberly E. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In the 21st century, attainment of a college degree is more important than ever to achieve economic self-sufficiency, employment, and an adequate standard of living. Projections suggest that by 2020, 65% of jobs available in the U.S. will require postsecondary education. This reality creates an unprecedented demand for higher education, and…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Profiles, Biographies, Demography
