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Direct linkFlake, Jessica Kay – Educational Psychologist, 2021
An increased focus on transparency and replication in science has stimulated reform in research practices and dissemination. As a result, the research culture is changing: the use of preregistration is on the rise, access to data and materials is increasing, and large-scale replication studies are more common. In this article, I discuss two…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Construct Validity, Access to Information, Test Construction
Peer reviewedKennedy, Mary M. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1984
A study of school district uses of evaluation and test data is used to illustrate the variety of ambiguities that can appear in qualitative data. Rules of evidence to distinguish valid and potentially nonvalid testimony are proposed. Uses of testimony in evaluation are discussed. (BS)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Research Methodology
Peer reviewedButcher, James N.; And Others – Psychological Assessment, 1995
Methodological considerations in conducting research on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2), the most widely used clinical personality instrument, are reviewed, with reference to the original MMPI and the version for adolescents (MMPI-A). Potential pitfalls in personality testing and personality assessment research are…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Clinical Diagnosis, Evaluation Methods
Download full textThompson, Bruce – 1995
The research literature provides important guidance to counselors working to keep abreast of the latest thinking regarding best practices and recently developed counseling tools. The purpose of this digest is to highlight a few errors that seem to recur within the literature, and to provide some helpful references that further explore these…
Descriptors: Counseling, Educational Researchers, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems
Thompson, Bruce – 1994
Too few researchers understand what statistical significance testing does and does not do, and consequently their results are misinterpreted. This Digest explains the concept of statistical significance testing and discusses the meaning of probabilities, the concept of statistical significance, arguments against significance testing,…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Interpretation, Decision Making, Effect Size
Achilles, C. M.; And Others – 1996
A project conducted in Tennessee from 1984 through 1989, Student Teacher Achievement Ratio (Project STAR), serves as a context for a discussion of educational research. The decisions required in major research projects and the problems in carrying out research are seldom discussed in conferences that present research results as completed efforts.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Databases, Decision Making
Thompson, Bruce – 1994
Dissertations are an important component of the effort to generate knowledge. Thus, dissertation quality may be seen by accreditation and coordinating-board reviewers as a noteworthy reflection on the quality of doctoral programs themselves. The present study reviews methodological errors within Ph.D. dissertations. The illustrative errors are…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Case Studies, Doctoral Dissertations, Error Patterns
