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Valentine, Jeffrey C.; McHugh, Cathleen M. – Psychological Methods, 2007
Using meta-analysis, randomized experiments in education that either clearly did or clearly did not experience student attrition were examined for the baseline comparability of groups. Results from 35 studies suggested that after attrition, the observed measures of baseline comparability of groups did not differ more than would be expected given…
Descriptors: Sampling, Effect Size, Student Attrition, Educational Research
Adair, John G.; And Others – 1987
A meta-analysis was conducted on 44 educational studies that used either a (labelled) Hawthorne control group, a manipulation of Hawthorne effects, or a group designed to control for the Hawthorne effect. The sample included published journal articles, ERIC documents or unpublished papers, and dissertations. The studies were coded on 20 variables,…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Educational Research, Effect Size, Experimental Groups