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Peer reviewedSzymanski, Edna Mora; Parker, Randall M. – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 1987
Addresses problems with the definition of terms and validity of results of research on supported employment. Draws conclusions regarding the state of supported employment research. Comments on the value of retaining flexibility in the concept of supported employment in meeting the needs of consumers. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Disabilities, Research Problems, Validity
Peer reviewedCoggins, Truman E.; Sargent, Laura – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1992
This commentary on EC 602 595 questions cognitive referencing's validity as a model for allocating special services to young children with disabilities. The paper raises methodological issues in studies supporting use of the cognitive referencing model. These issues include the construct of delayed development, subject description, and use of a…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Models, Preschool Education, Research Methodology
Ferguson, Dianne L.; Ferguson, Philip M. – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps, 2000
This article discusses how interpretive research can challenge the special education field to think differently about what is already known and to factor in different ways of knowing and different meanings. Three dimensions of interpretive research are explored: "truth" value and accuracy, context and relations, and utility and relevance.…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Data Interpretation, Disabilities
Peer reviewedMacMillan, Donald L.; And Others – Exceptionality: A Research Journal, 1990
Arguing that reliable and valid dropout rate estimates are prerequisite to establishment of causal factors and intervention programs, this article examines differences in definitions of dropouts, computational methods, and the complexities in defining cohorts, as well as the importance of sample attrition. Several sources of error are discussed.…
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Definitions, Disabilities, Dropout Rate
Peer reviewedKomaki, Judith L. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1998
Five criteria are proposed for evaluating performance in research studies: the directness of sampling, the responsiveness of the target, the reliability of the observers, the frequent assessment of the target during the intervention period, and the critical nature of the target. A case study illustrates effectiveness of the criteria. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Data Analysis, Disabilities, Evaluation Criteria
Stapleton, David C., Ed.; Burkhauser, Richard V., Ed. – 2003
This book includes revised presentations from an October 2001 meeting of the National Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research and the Cornell Rehabilitation Research and Training Center that considered the validity of current data for measuring trends in the employment rate of people with disabilities and investigated the causes and…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Chronic Illness, Data Interpretation
