Descriptor
Control Groups | 3 |
Guidelines | 3 |
Research Methodology | 3 |
Research Problems | 3 |
Bilingual Education | 1 |
Case Studies | 1 |
Courseware | 1 |
Data Collection | 1 |
Educational Research | 1 |
Ethics | 1 |
Evaluation Methods | 1 |
More ▼ |
Publication Type
Guides - Non-Classroom | 3 |
Journal Articles | 2 |
Opinion Papers | 1 |
Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
Reports - Research | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Researchers | 1 |
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Bilingual Education Act 1968 | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Muller, Eugene W. – Educational Technology, 1985
Develops generalizations for empirical evaluation of software based upon suitability of several research designs--pretest posttest control group, single-group pretest posttest, nonequivalent control group, time series, and regression discontinuity--to type of software being evaluated, and on circumstances under which evaluation is conducted. (MBR)
Descriptors: Control Groups, Courseware, Evaluation Methods, Guidelines

Yordi, Cathleen L.; And Others – Gerontologist, 1982
Addresses a number of ethical and methodological issues related to research involving vulnerable populations such as the frail elderly, when the research design calls for a control or nonintervention group. Techniques are presented for building a "limited" service component into the research design. (Author)
Descriptors: Control Groups, Ethics, Guidelines, Individual Needs
Nickel, K. N. – 1979
The failure of educational research to fully allow for limitations in methodology when drawing conclusions is faulted. In addition to this, a failure on the part of the media--educational and other--to fully publicize these limitations is also criticized. Methodological shortcomings of the 1977-78 American Institutes of Research (AIR) study of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Case Studies, Control Groups, Data Collection