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Ganong, Lawrence H.; Coleman, Marilyn – Family Relations, 1993
Sees important aspect of graduate education as learning how to evaluate quality and validity of research. Notes that study of families presents particular challenges. Examines three methods to teach students to critique family research. Sees all three as holding promise in teaching students how to evaluate family research and notes that all three…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Family (Sociological Unit), Graduate Students, Higher Education
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Harcum, E. Rae – Teaching of Psychology, 1989
Describes a classroom demonstration that illustrates the error of using an inappropriate test to conclude that a specific ability does not exist within a subject or a population. Shows ways to expand the lesson to cover the issue of null conclusions. Points out social and methodological implications of the demonstration. (Author/LS)
Descriptors: Ability, Ability Identification, Demonstrations (Educational), Higher Education
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Shaver, James P. – Social Education, 1979
Discusses and explains experimental validity, including both internal and external validity, in terms that a classroom teacher can understand and use in his own research. (CK)
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Research Design
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Elliot, John – Westminster Studies in Education, 1990
Points out that variability in focus, method, and conceptual level of case studies causes difficulties in validating such studies. Notes method variations raise questions about validity. Claims the validity of case studies lies in their usefulness as projective models. States teachers can generate their own theories where practical educational…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Interviews
Koppenhofer, Janet; And Others – 1993
This annotated bibliography on the use of facilitated communication with people unable to express themselves was developed as part of a statewide training and technical assistance project in Maine. The 75 citations are listed alphabetically by author and date from 1986 through 1993. The items listed report on the use of facilitated communication…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Autism, Child Abuse, Communication Aids (for Disabled)
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Brown, Darine F.; And Others – School Counselor, 1981
School counselors need to understand survey methodology even if they do not use it as research practitioners. Counselors can be better consumers of survey research by noting response rates, sampling techniques, reliability and validity in research articles. (JAC)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Measurement Objectives, Reliability
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Pfeifer, Mark P.; Snodgrass, Gwendolyn L. – Academic Medicine, 1992
Survey of 95 medical school libraries found that 91.5 percent of copies of retracted articles were not tagged as being invalid, that 79 percent of the libraries had tagged none of the retracted studies; and only 16 percent had policies for managing articles that report invalid science. A common attitude against perceived library censorship was…
Descriptors: Censorship, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education, Library Materials
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Bookstein, Abraham; Biggs, Mary – Library Quarterly, 1987
Describes a study done by Herbert White that resulted in rankings of library and information science programs based on perceptual assessments by faculty and library directors. Problems with this methodology are discussed, and further findings based on extensive interviews with subjects of the White study are reported. (CLB)
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education, Information Science
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McNamara, James F. – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2003
This article is the first of a research methods series dedicated to getting good results from survey research. In this series, "good results" is a stenographic term used to define surveys that yield accurate and meaningful information decision makers can use with confidence to identify current practices that merit continuation and to create or…
Descriptors: Research Design, Research Methodology, Guidelines, Educational Research
Cardno, Carol – 2003
Although action research in education offers researchers and practitioners a clear and philosophically appealing way of making improvements, fostering learning, and developing the individual and the organization, adherents sometimes find themselves defending this type of research because it has been practiced without appropriate rigor. This book…
Descriptors: Action Research, Cooperation, Data Collection, Educational Research
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Koschoreck, James W. – Journal of School Leadership, 2003
Examines multiple ways in which the normalization of sexuality might be interrogated. Argues that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered faculty and administrators can more effectively contravene the normalizing practices of heterosexism by refusing to remain silent about issues of sexuality. Includes implications for practicing researchers and…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrators, Classroom Environment, Educational Research
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Stillman, Paula L.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1991
A study investigated possible differences in standardized patient examination scores for three groups of undergraduate (n=176) and graduate (n=221) medical students assessed at different sites over two years. Results show no systematic change in scores over testing dates, suggesting no problems with breach of test security. (MSE)
Descriptors: Graduate Medical Students, Higher Education, Internal Medicine, Longitudinal Studies
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Beck, E. M.; Tolnay, Stewart E. – Historical Methods, 1995
Asserts that traditional approaches to multivariate analysis, including standard linear regression techniques, ignore the special character of count data. Explicates three suitable alternatives to standard regression techniques, a simple Poisson regression, a modified Poisson regression, and a negative binomial model. (MJP)
Descriptors: Data Interpretation, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education, Multivariate Analysis
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McGuire, Michael D. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1995
It is argued that research testing the reliability and validity of college and university reputational studies should be conducted, a concern not raised by consumers and publishers. Two studies of "America's Best Colleges," published by "U.S. News and World Report," raise questions about the guide's validity and suggest that…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Choice, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Criteria
Carifio, James; And Others – 1987
In September 1984, a Vocational Education Data System (VEDS) follow-up survey was conducted of all 5,267 students who had graduated from Massachusetts public community colleges in 1982-83. Of these graduates, 1,881 (35.7%) returned the survey, and 3,386 (64.3%) did not. A subsequent study was conducted to compare the characteristics of survey…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Community Colleges, Followup Studies, Outcomes of Education
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