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Swank, Jacqueline M.; Mullen, Patrick R. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2017
The article serves as a guide for researchers in developing evidence of validity using bivariate correlations, specifically construct validity. The authors outline the steps for calculating and interpreting bivariate correlations. Additionally, they provide an illustrative example and discuss the implications.
Descriptors: Correlation, Construct Validity, Guidelines, Data Interpretation
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Ingham, Roger J.; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1995
Four experienced stuttering researchers viewed videodisks of spontaneous speech from chronic stutterers and attempted to locate the precise onset and offset of individual stuttering events. Results showed interjudge disagreements that challenge the reliability and validity of onset and offset judgments. Highly agreed stuttering events were…
Descriptors: Adults, Clinical Diagnosis, Evaluation Problems, Interrater Reliability
Rowley, Glenn – 1986
A year-long case study of the effects of an educational and vocational rehabilitation program in a youth training center was discussed in terms of fourteen issues which might threaten the validity of an evaluation or research project. This correctional institution housed women aged 14 to 21 who were long-term wards of the state, held on remand, or…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation, Evaluation Methods
Cashin, William E.; Clegg, Victoria L. – 1987
A large data set of student ratings of college teaching was studied to explore previous indications that student ratings are affected by the subject area of instruction. Previous research by Marsh (1984), Feldman (1978), and Cranton and Smith (1986) reported the influence of factors other than instruction. To examine the impact of subject area on…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Higher Education
van den Berg, Gerald; And Others – 1986
This paper examines possible explanations for the fact that evaluation results are rarely used. Most explanatory factors for use of results in decision making mentioned in the literature have been clustered in three categories of variables. They concern: (1) the making of decisions about the practical problem; (2) the way in which evaluation is…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Decision Making
Koretz, Daniel – 1992
Indicators of mathematics and science education progress are important to policymakers and the public in order to evaluate the quality of education. Recent reports have evaluated existing indicators and suggested core aspects of mathematics and science education that an indicator system should evaluate. This note discusses two fundamental aspects…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Indicators
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Schagen, I. P. – Educational Studies, 1993
Reviews the Standard Assessment Tasks used to evaluate pupil performance relative to the National Curriculum in England and Wales. Asserts that the system of assigning students to one of 10 levels of attainment is criterion-referenced, whereas the test is norm-referenced. (CFR)
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
van der Ploeg, Arie J.; And Others – 1986
The effectiveness of an Education Consolidation Improvement Act Chapter 1 program was studied in a large urban school district. A common problem in evaluating remedial programs is that pretest/posttest achievement gains often indicate the effects of the entire curriculum, rather than those specific to the remedial class. In this district, over…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Effect Size, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods
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Troyna, Barry – Oxford Review of Education, 1995
Highlights issues and controversies concerning current race-related educational research. Contends that some critics believe research sacrifices empirical objectivity for political goals. Partisan research supporters respond that all research begins with untested assumptions and an acknowledgment of purpose does not signify a skewed methodology.…
Descriptors: Action Research, Bias, Data Interpretation, Educational Research
McLean, Les – 1987
A dilemma arises in the attempt to establish procedures for valid assessment of academic learning. Measures of learning with high pedagogical validity often have poor psychometric properties. Conversely, tests that are well-constructed by psychometric standards may succeed in sorting and ordering students or schools, but have little pedagogical…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavioral Objectives, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education