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Lund, Thorleif – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2022
Criteria are briefly proposed for final conclusions, research problems, and research hypotheses in quantitative research. Moreover, based on a proposed definition of applied and basic/general research, it is argued that (1) in applied quantitative research, while research problems are necessary, research hypotheses are unjustified, and that (2) in…
Descriptors: Research Problems, Research Methodology, Hypothesis Testing, Statistical Analysis
Williams, John D.; Newman, Isadore – 1982
Problems associated with the analysis of data collected using the Solomon Four Group Design are discussed. The design includes an experimental group and a control group that have been pretested and posttested, and an experimental and a control group that have been posttested only. A sample problem is approached in three different ways. First, the…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Hypothesis Testing, Mathematical Models
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Preece, Peter F. W. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1982
The validity of various reliability-corrected procedures for adjusting for initial differences between groups in uncontrolled studies is established for subjects exhibiting linear fan-spread growth. The results are then extended to a nonlinear model of growth. (Author)
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Analysis of Covariance, Error of Measurement, Hypothesis Testing
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Powers, Stephen; And Others – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1983
The validity of the equipercentile hypothesis of the Title I Evaluation and Reporting System norm-referenced evaluation model was examined using 3,224 seventh- and ninth-grade students. Findings from confidence interval procedures contradicted the equipercentile hypothesis. There was a pattern of large gains for students not receiving any special…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs, Hypothesis Testing