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Sandler, Andrew B. – 1987
Statistical significance is misused in educational and psychological research when it is applied as a method to establish the reliability of research results. Other techniques have been developed which can be correctly utilized to establish the generalizability of findings. Methods that do provide such estimates are known as invariance or…
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Analysis of Variance, Correlation, Discriminant Analysis
Moore, R. Paul – 1975
The report traces the activities which led to the development of the adjusted weights--beginning with the basic National Longitudinal Study design, the base-year weight calculations, and the resurvey procedures. Next, the report describes the first follow-up weight calculations (including unadjusted student weights), nonresponse adjustment…
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Followup Studies, Graduate Surveys, High School Graduates
Moore, R. P.; Shah, B. V. – 1975
An efficiency study was conducted of the sampling design used for the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS), and the change variables used in the first followup. Nine alternative designs were compared, using a cost model based upon the number of schools and students sampled. Fourteen change variables and eight domains…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Cost Effectiveness, Data Analysis, Efficiency
Download full textWhitener, Summer; And Others – 1994
The 1991-92 Teacher Followup Survey (TFS) updates information on teacher career patterns and plans from the 1990-91 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) of the National Center for Education Statistics. The TFS is the fifth component of the SASS and focuses on a subsample of about 7,200 teachers. Major objectives are to determine (1) the attrition…
Descriptors: Career Development, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education
Farish, Stephen J. – 1984
The stability of Rasch test item difficulty parameters was investigated under varying conditions. Data were taken from a mathematics achievement test administered to over 2,000 Australian students. The experiments included: (1) relative stability of the Rasch, traditional, and z-item difficulty parameters using different sample sizes and designs;…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Difficulty Level, Estimation (Mathematics), Foreign Countries
Bloom, Howard S.; Michalopoulos, Charles; Hill, Carolyn J.; Lei, Ying – 2002
A study explored which nonexperimental comparison group methods provide the most accurate estimates of the impacts of mandatory welfare-to-work programs and whether the best methods work well enough to substitute for random assignment experiments. Findings were compared for nonexperimental comparison groups and statistical adjustment procedures…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Error of Measurement
Zeigler, Harmon; And Others – 1976
The hypothesis of this paper is that the patterns of political influence on public school systems are changing. Public school systems are subject to so many political influences that one can raise the question, "Who governs?" The educational policy-making procedures seem to have become politicized in the wake of the turbulence of the 1960's. The…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Boards of Education, Conflict Resolution, Decision Making
Pyecha, J. N.; And Others – 1975
The document is comprised of the appendixes to Volume 3 ("Descriptive Study of the Talent Search Program") of a four-volume Research Triangle Institute final report titled, "A Study of the National Upward Bound and Talent Search Programs." The 14 appendixes comprising the document are: a list of Talent Search advisory council…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Counseling Services, Data Collection, Disadvantaged Youth
Johnson, Eugene G.; And Others – 1994
The 1992 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) monitored the performance of students in American schools in reading, mathematics, science, and writing. The sample consisted of more than 145,000 public and private school students in grades 4, 8, 11, and 12. This technical report provides details of instrument development, sample…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Assessment
