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WWC Standards Brief for Confounding Factors
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2017
The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) Standards Briefs explain the rules the WWC uses to evaluate the quality of studies for practitioners, researchers, and policymakers. An aspect of a study is considered a confounding factor if it is not possible to tell whether the difference in outcomes is due to the intervention, the confounding factor, or both.…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Evaluation Criteria, Intervention, Research Reports
Transferring a National Information System from the Public Sector to the Private Sector--How the Administration on Aging Did It.
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Halpin, Peter – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1985
Describes the methods and results of the transfer of the SCAN bibliographic database, sponsored by the Administration on Aging (AoA) to the private sector American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) when Congress repealed authority for AoA. Steps involved in the establishment of a bibliographic database are outlined. Four sources are given.…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Clearinghouses, Databases, Federal Programs
ERIC Clearinghouse Publications, 1982. An Annotated Bibliography of Information Analysis Products and Other Major Publications of the ERIC Clearinghouses, January-December 1982.
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Weller, Carolyn R., Ed. – 1983
A broad range of education-related topics are addressed in this 181-document bibliography, which presents citations and abstracts for publications produced by the 16 ERIC Clearinghouses. An introduction explains the ERIC system, clearinghouse publications, the organization of this bibliography, and the availability of clearinghouse publications. A…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Clearinghouses, Education, Educational Research
Dissemination at the National Institute of Education: Contending Ideas about Research, Practice, and the Federal Role. A Study of Dissemination Efforts Supporting School Improvement. People, Policies, and Practices: Examining the Chain of School Improvement, Volume VI.
Thompson, Charles L. – 1982
The sixth volume of a 10-volume report, this document provides an analytic history of dissemination at the National Institute of Education, focusing on six dissemination-related programs supported by the Institute: Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), State Dissemination Capacity Building Program, Urban Sites/Documentation and…
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, Diffusion (Communication), Educational History, Educational Resources