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Mueller, Christoph Emanuel; Gaus, Hansjoerg; Rech, Joerg – American Journal of Evaluation, 2014
This article proposes an innovative approach to estimating the counterfactual without the necessity of generating information from either a control group or a before-measure. Building on the idea that program participants are capable of estimating the hypothetical state they would be in had they not participated, the basics of the Roy-Rubin model…
Descriptors: Research Design, Program Evaluation, Research Methodology, Models
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Chen, Yu-Wen; Masch, Lena; Finze, Kristin – Journal of Social Science Education, 2014
Using dictator games in experimental analysis, this lesson report demonstrates the process and results of a postgraduate class project in which university students were instructed to scientifically investigate and explore one of German society's most hotly-contested issues: the level of discriminatory tendencies of non-Muslims towards Muslims. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Games, Graduate Students, Research Methodology
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Reinfried, Sibylle – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2006
This research tested the hypothesis that students' erroneous mental models about groundwater will change towards more valid concepts if they are taught on the basis of a mental model-building strategy that focuses on the clarification of students' misconceptions. To examine the hypothesis a quasi-experimental research design was chosen. The…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Undergraduate Students, Research Design