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Tipton, Elizabeth; Sullivan, Kate; Hedges, Larry; Vaden-Kiernan, Michael; Borman, Geoffrey; Caverly, Sarah – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
In this paper the authors present a new method for sample selection for scale-up experiments. This method uses propensity score matching methods to create a sample that is similar in composition to a well-defined generalization population. The method they present is flexible and practical in the sense that it identifies units to be targeted for…
Descriptors: Sampling, Selection, Research Methodology, Reading Programs
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Klugkist, Irene; Laudy, Olav; Hoijtink, Herbert – Psychological Methods, 2010
In this article, a Bayesian model selection approach is introduced that can select the best of a set of inequality and equality constrained hypotheses for contingency tables. The hypotheses are presented in terms of cell probabilities allowing researchers to test (in)equality constrained hypotheses in a format that is directly related to the data.…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Models, Selection, Probability