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Polloway, Edward A.; Chamberlain, Jolie; Denning, Christopher B.; Smith, J. David; Smith, Tom E. C. – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 1999
Analyzes the application of levels of deficits or supports in the classification of mental retardation in published research. Analysis of data from three professional journals indicated that the supports model of classification has had no significant impact in subject descriptions reported in mental-retardation research. Implications for teacher…
Descriptors: Classification, Data Analysis, Definitions, Delivery Systems
Christal, Melodie; Gernand, Renee; Sapp, Mary; Korb, Roslyn – 1999
Many organizations and agencies collect data related to postsecondary education. To improve the coordination of data definitions and surveys, guidelines have been prepared to define the best survey practices for data collectors and data providers. The first section of this document, "Best Practices for Data Collectors," covers the…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Definitions, Educational Indicators
Goodman, R. Irwin – Educational Technology, 1985
Describes skin conductance measurement as a physiological procedure to obtain information on onset, duration, intensity, and completion of private physiological responses to parts of films or media products. The mechanics of the technique, how measurements are recorded and analyzed, and types of skin conductance research literature are discussed.…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Definitions
Barker, Bruce – 1985
Information available on rural education remains startlingly inadequate--partly because of the great diversity of rural areas, because agencies responsible for data collection disagree on the definition of small/rural schools, and because large metropolitan schools have received far more than their share of attention, research, and financial…
Descriptors: Classification, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Databases
Lenning, Oscar T.; And Others – 1979
A guide to acquiring information needed about postsecondary education outcomes is presented for campus and state-level officials. Attention is directed to: over 200 outcome measures or indicators; standard definitions of each outcome measure; data sources and procedures to acquire data for each outcome measure; and suggestions concerning the…
Descriptors: Classification, College Attendance, College Graduates, Cultural Enrichment