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Stigma Is the Origin of Bullying
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Huggins, Mike – Journal of Catholic Education, 2016
Bullying in schools has escalated far beyond childhood teasing. In recent years, torture, murder, and suicide have been associated with bullying (van der Kolk, Weisaeth, & McFarlane, 2007). While bullying is unacceptable behavior in any school, it is particularly problematic in Catholic schools, which must embody Gospel values. Catholic…
Descriptors: Social Bias, Negative Attitudes, Bullying, Stereotypes
A Bayesian Nonparametric Causal Model for Regression Discontinuity Designs
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Karabatsos, George; Walker, Stephen G. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2013
The regression discontinuity (RD) design (Thistlewaite & Campbell, 1960; Cook, 2008) provides a framework to identify and estimate causal effects from a non-randomized design. Each subject of a RD design is assigned to the treatment (versus assignment to a non-treatment) whenever her/his observed value of the assignment variable equals or…
Descriptors: Regression (Statistics), Bayesian Statistics, Nonparametric Statistics, Causal Models
A Conceptual Framework for Leisure and Subjective Well-Being
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Kim, Byunggook – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine a conceptual framework for an individual's subjective perception of leisure that contributes to Subjective Well-Being (SWB). More specifically, this study was an attempt to examine causal relationships among social cognitive variables, subjective perception of leisure, and SWB. A survey was administered to…
Descriptors: Leisure Time, Well Being, Social Cognition, College Students
Statistical Analysis for Multisite Trials Using Instrumental Variables with Random Coefficients
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Raudenbush, Stephen W.; Reardon, Sean F.; Nomi, Takako – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2012
Multisite trials can clarify the average impact of a new program and the heterogeneity of impacts across sites. Unfortunately, in many applications, compliance with treatment assignment is imperfect. For these applications, we propose an instrumental variable (IV) model with person-specific and site-specific random coefficients. Site-specific IV…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Statistical Analysis, Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Computation
Bayesian Unimodal Density Regression for Causal Inference
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Karabatsos, George; Walker, Stephen G. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
Karabatsos and Walker (2011) introduced a new Bayesian nonparametric (BNP) regression model. Through analyses of real and simulated data, they showed that the BNP regression model outperforms other parametric and nonparametric regression models of common use, in terms of predictive accuracy of the outcome (dependent) variable. The other,…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Regression (Statistics), Nonparametric Statistics, Statistical Inference
Effect of Organizational Climate on Youth Outcomes in Residential Treatment
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Jordan, Neil; Leon, Scott C.; Epstein, Richard A.; Durkin, Elizabeth; Helgerson, Jena; Lakin-Starr, Brittany L. – Residential Treatment for Children & Youth, 2009
This study examined the association between organizational climate and changes in internalizing and externalizing behavior for youth in residential treatment centers (RTCs). The sample included 407 youth and 349 front-line residential treatment staff from 17 RTCs in Illinois. Youth behavior was measured using the Child Functional Assessment Rating…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Organizational Climate, Youth