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Bash, Kirstie L.; Howell Smith, Michelle C.; Trantham, Pam S. – Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 2021
The use of advanced quantitative methods within mixed methods research has been investigated in a limited capacity. In particular, hierarchical linear models are a popular approach to account for multilevel data, such as students within schools, but its use and value as the quantitative strand in a mixed methods study remains unknown. This article…
Descriptors: Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Mixed Methods Research, Research Design, Statistical Analysis
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Brodeur, Pascale; Larose, Simon; Tarabulsy, George; Feng, Bei; Forget-Dubois, Nadine – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2015
Researchers suggest that certain supportive behaviors of mentors could increase the benefits of school-based mentoring for youth. However, the literature contains few validated instruments to measure these behaviors. In our present study, we aimed to construct and validate a tool to measure the supportive behaviors of mentors participating in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mentors, Motivation, College Students
Cheung, Alan C. K.; Slavin, Robert E. – Center for Research and Reform in Education, 2011
The present review examines research on the effects of technology use on reading achievement in K-12 classrooms. Unlike previous reviews, this review applies consistent inclusion standards to focus on studies that met high methodological standards. In addition, methodological and substantive features of the studies are investigated to examine the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evidence, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Achievement
Colby, Catherine A. – 1980
Recent findings in the literature on child abuse have been inconsistent and often contradictory, perhaps in part because most researchers treat child abuse as a homogeneous psycho-social phenomenon and commit the error of group averaging. One methodology which deals directly with the problem of homogeneity error is the typology approach. This…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Classification, Comparative Analysis, Family Characteristics
Bleistein, Carole A. – 1986
Research on assessing the cultural fairness of individual test items is reviewed, with emphasis on Birnbaum's three-parameter logistic model. As defined in this review, differential item characteristics are exhibited when examinees from one group have a lower probability of answering correctly than do examinees of equal ability from another group.…
Descriptors: Black Students, Comparative Analysis, Culture Fair Tests, Literature Reviews
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Dean, James M.; Clifton, Rodney A. – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1994
Reports of five Canadian universities concerning gender discrimination in salaries are reviewed, compared, and evaluated. All found some discrimination, but approaches taken varied considerably. Analysis suggests the focus on single equation models is problematic, and further information gathering is needed. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Females, Foreign Countries