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Alison K. Cohen – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2014
This case study presents an example of using a generalized linear model with a log-linear link to calculate an adjusted risk ratio to be able to assess the association between educational attainment and obesity in a cohort study of American adults. Both risk ratios and odds ratios can be calculated based on cohort study data, and risk ratios are…
Descriptors: Models, Computation, Risk, Educational Attainment
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Shephard, Kerry; Harraway, John; Lovelock, Brent; Skeaff, Sheila; Slooten, Liz; Strack, Mick; Furnari, Mary; Jowett, Tim – Environmental Education Research, 2014
We report the development and piloting of an evaluative instrument and process for monitoring the environmental literacy (EL) of undergraduate students in one large research-led university in New Zealand. The instrument addresses knowledge, affect and competencies in the general area of EL in line with this institution's adoption of EL as a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Environmental Education, Knowledge Level
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Schochet, Peter Z. – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2013
In school-based randomized control trials (RCTs), a common design is to follow student cohorts over time. For such designs, education researchers usually focus on the place-based (PB) impact parameter, which is estimated using data collected on all students enrolled in the study schools at each data collection point. A potential problem with this…
Descriptors: Student Mobility, Scientific Methodology, Research Design, Intervention