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| Mohr, L. B. | 2 |
| Reichardt, Charles S. | 1 |
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Peer reviewedMohr, L. B. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2000
Suggests that there is a tendency in social science and program evaluation to adhere to some methodological practices by force of custom rather than because of their reasoned applicability. These ideas include regression artifacts, random measurement error, and change or gain scores. (Author/SLD)
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Program Evaluation, Regression (Statistics), Research Methodology
Peer reviewedReichardt, Charles S. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2000
Agrees with L. Mohr that researchers are too quick to assume that measurement error is random, but disagrees that the idea of regression toward the mean has been a distraction and the notion that change scores analysis should be avoided in favor of regression analysis. (SLD)
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Program Evaluation, Regression (Statistics), Research Methodology
Peer reviewedMohr, L. B. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2000
Responds to C. S. Reichardt's discussion of regression artifacts, random measurement error, and change scores. Emphasizes that attention to regression artifacts in program evaluation is almost bound to be problematic and proposes some arguments in support of this position. (SLD)
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Program Evaluation, Regression (Statistics), Research Methodology
