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Tremper, Charles; Thomas, Sue; Wagenaar, Alexander C. – Evaluation Review, 2010
Evaluations that combine social science and law have tremendous potential to illuminate the effects of governmental policies and yield insights into how effectively policy makers' efforts achieve their aims. This potential is infrequently achieved, however, because such interdisciplinary research contains often overlooked substantive and…
Descriptors: Evaluation Research, Interdisciplinary Approach, Social Sciences, Research Methodology
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Sirotnik, Kenneth A.; Burstein, Leigh – Educational Administration Quarterly, 1985
Argues that educational researchers analyzing multilevel data must identify appropriate sets of research questions at and within various levels of analysis and must specify appropriate models for analyzing the data. Covers problems, terminology, and measurement and statistical issues associated with multilevel research. (PGD)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Measurement Objectives, Measurement Techniques, Research Methodology
Parkyn, David Lee – 1991
This paper reviews two areas of limitations concerning college outcome assessments and argues that while cognitive outcomes may be effectively measured during the students' academic careers, the perceptions of alumni are a necessary component of the assessment of affective outcomes. The limitations that are addressed concern first, determining…
Descriptors: Alumni, Church Related Colleges, College Graduates, College Outcomes Assessment
Weiss, Iris R. – 1986
A number of issues involved in the large-scale assessment of science and mathematics education were illustrated during the conduct of two national surveys: the 1977 National Survey of Science, Mathematics, and Social Studies Education and the 1985 National Survey, Science and Mathematics Education. Development of the survey questionnaires started…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria