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Christine G. Casey, Editor – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2024
The "Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report" ("MMWR") series of publications is published by the Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Articles included in this supplement are: (1) Overview and Methods for the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System --…
Descriptors: High School Students, At Risk Students, Health Behavior, National Surveys
Mbella, Kinge Keka – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Mixed-format assessments are increasingly being used in large scale standardized assessments to measure a continuum of skills ranging from basic recall to higher order thinking skills. These assessments are usually comprised of a combination of (a) multiple-choice items which can be efficiently scored, have stable psychometric properties, and…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Test Format, Evaluation Methods, Multiple Choice Tests
Stacey, Susan E.; Moyer, Kerry L. – 1982
This handbook was developed for use by individuals with limited experience in performing good survey-based research. The essential procedures in the preparation of a survey are outlined and discussed. The method of survey construction proposed consists of several tasks: (1) survey objectives and research questions are specified; (2) literature is…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Guidelines
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Ory, John C.; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1980
The study investigated the structural corroboration of instructional evaluation information collected from one source (students) by three different methods: responses to objective questionnaire items, written comments to open-ended questions, and group interview results. The three types of information presented a similar general impression of…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Stewart, E. Elizabeth – 1981
Context effects are defined as being influences on test performance associated with the content of successively presented test items or sections. Four types of context effects are identified: (1) direct context effects (practice effects) which occur when performance on items is affected by the examinee having been exposed to similar types of…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Data Collection, Error of Measurement, Evaluation Methods
Burstein, Leigh; Sirotnik, Kenneth A. – 1984
This is one of a series of reports based on an ongoing reality test of systemic evaluation for instructional decision making. This feasibility study is being carried out by the Center for the Study of Evaluation with the Laboratory in School and Community Relations at a suburban Los Angeles high school (called Site A). Viewing a school as a…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Environment, Evaluation Methods, High Schools