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Direct linkLarson, Jeffry H.; Hickman, Rachel – Family Relations, 2004
We evaluated 10 college marriage textbooks for their efficacy in teaching the premarital predictors of marital quality identified in the literature. They also were evaluated on their use of an integrative teaching approach that personalizes the content for readers and assists readers in learning, remembering, and using the information in their own…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Teaching Methods, Marriage, Marital Satisfaction
Download full textO'Brien, Francis J., Jr. – 1987
This paper is part of a series of applied statistics monographs intended to provide supplementary reading for applied statistics students. In the present paper, derivations of the unbiased standard error of estimate for both the raw score and standard score linear models are presented. The derivations for raw score linear models are presented in…
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Estimation (Mathematics), Goodness of Fit, Higher Education
Valentine, Nancy L. – 1987
Possible relationships among selected psychological, sociological, and economic characteristics of doctoral students were studied, and these characteristics were compared for students who completed or withdrew from Doctor of Education degree (Ed.D.) programs at West Virginia University. Questionnaires were mailed to 254 Ed.D. recipients and 287…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Doctoral Programs, Dropouts, Education Majors
Peer reviewedLottes, Ilsa L.; And Others – Teaching Sociology, 1996
Defines and illustrates basic concepts of dichotomous logistic regression (DLR) and presents strategies for teaching these concepts. Strategies include using analogies between ordinary least squares regression and logistic regression; illustrating concepts with contingency tables; and linking logistic regression concepts to interpretation of…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Causal Models, Higher Education, Instructional Improvement
