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Barreca, Alan I.; Lindo, Jason M.; Waddell, Glen R. – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2011
This study uses Monte Carlo simulations to demonstrate that regression-discontinuity designs arrive at biased estimates when attributes related to outcomes predict heaping in the running variable. After showing that our usual diagnostics are poorly suited to identifying this type of problem, we provide alternatives. We also demonstrate how the…
Descriptors: Statistical Bias, Regression (Statistics), Research Design, Monte Carlo Methods
Coast Community Coll. District, Costa Mesa, CA. – 1974
This report describes the proceedings and results of one portion of a research project to determine the educational and public service needs of the service area of KOCE, a public UHF television station owned and operated by the Coast Community College District. The research in this portion consisted of a telephone canvass of the Orange County,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Surveys, Data Collection, Educational Needs
Frey, Susan – EdSource, 2005
This report looks at national comparisons of the most recent school expenditure data published in Rankings & Estimates 2004?05 by the National Education Association (NEA). Staffing and student data come from the Common Core of Data, 2003?04 (preliminary), published in 2005 by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). (Contains 9…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Statistical Data, Public Schools, Expenditures
Riley, Sheila – Technology & Learning, 2006
In this article, John Forbes, administrative analyst for the 80,000-student Fresno Unified School District in Fresno, and Terrence Young, chief information officer for the 70,000-student Guilford Country Schools in Greensboro, North Carolina, share their strategies for getting staff on board with Web-based data systems. These are the strategies:…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Internet, Data, Data Analysis