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Helberg, Clay – 1996
Abuses and misuses of statistics are frequent. This digest attempts to warn against these in three broad classes of pitfalls: sources of bias, errors of methodology, and misinterpretation of results. Sources of bias are conditions or circumstances that affect the external validity of statistical results. In order for a researcher to make…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Error of Measurement
Edington, Everett D.; Koehler, Lyle – 1987
Current educational research efforts are examining rural/urban differences in achievement, appropriateness of rural/urban achievement measures, effects of parents and community on the attainment of rural students, and how well rural students succeed in higher education. To accurately assess the small, rural school's impact on students, rural-urban…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Comparative Analysis, Educational Research
Naylor, Michele – 1985
Various researchers, including Carl Jung, Charlotte Buhler, Erik Erikson, and Robert Havighurst, have formulated sequential models of adult development. More recent investigators, such as Daniel Levinson, Roger Gould, and Gail Sheehy have formulated age-related sequential models of adult development that view the various stages of adulthood in…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Programs
Killacky, Jim – 1984
The monograph, written for persons and organizations at state and local levels who share concern about learning activities for adults in rural America, explores characteristics of three traditional providers of nonformal education (the Cooperative Extension Service, public libraries, and community service divisions of community colleges), assesses…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Colleges, Community Services, Comparative Analysis
Imel, Susan – 2002
Electronic learning, also known as e-learning, is generally defined as instruction and learning experiences that are delivered via electronic technology such as the Internet, audiotape and videotape, satellite broadcast, interactive television, and CD-ROM. Web-based learning, computer-based learning, and virtual classrooms are some of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Access to Education, Adult Education