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Download full textPatry, Jean-Luc – Quality of Higher Education, 2005
Quality assurance and evaluation research, like other fields of social research and its application, are confronted with a series of problems. In the present paper, I want first to give a list of such problems, although necessarily incomplete. It is then claimed that while there is no "perfect" solution to these problems, critical multiplism may…
Descriptors: Evaluation Research, Research Problems, Guidelines, Evaluation Methods
Widaman, Keith F.; And Others – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1993
Measures of 4traits (cognitive competence, social competence, social maladaption, and personal maladaption) were obtained on 157 persons with mental retardation, using 3 measurements: standardized assessment instrument, day shift staff ratings, and evening shift staff ratings. The multitrait-multimethod matrix procedure demonstrated strong…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Behavior Rating Scales, Cognitive Ability, Construct Validity
