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Peer reviewedBeasley, T. Mark – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 1996
Too many practitioners interpret ABAB research based on visual inspection rather than statistical analysis. Based on an experiment using cooperative learning to mainstream autistic students, hypothetical data for one student from an ABAB reversal design are used to illustrate the techniques and importance of regression analyses. Discussion focuses…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Data Interpretation, Educational Research, Regression (Statistics)
Direct linkStoyanov, Slavi; Kirschner, Paul – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2004
The article presents empirical evidence for the effectiveness and efficiency of a modified version of Trochim's (1989a, b) concept mapping approach to define the characteristics of an adaptive learning environment. The effectiveness and the efficiency of the method are attributed to the support that it provides in terms of elicitation, sharing,…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Adjustment (to Environment), Educational Environment, Efficiency
Peer reviewedLand, Kenneth C. – Social Forces, 2001
Examines the definition, construction, and interpretation of social indicators. Shows how standard classes of formalisms used to construct models in contemporary sociology are derived from the general theory of models. Reviews recent model building and evaluation related to active life expectancy among the elderly, fertility rates, and indicators…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Child Welfare, Data Interpretation, Mathematical Models
Download full textHepburn, Eric; Repps, Ronald E. – 1993
This paper describes ethnosociology and provides an application of this interpretive research model in dealing with problems in rural special education. The expansion of rural special education knowledge should begin with discovering and elaborating on special education knowledge at the local theory level. Such inquiry would be based on the…
Descriptors: Data Interpretation, Educational Anthropology, Educational Sociology, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedTroyna, Barry – Oxford Review of Education, 1995
Highlights issues and controversies concerning current race-related educational research. Contends that some critics believe research sacrifices empirical objectivity for political goals. Partisan research supporters respond that all research begins with untested assumptions and an acknowledgment of purpose does not signify a skewed methodology.…
Descriptors: Action Research, Bias, Data Interpretation, Educational Research
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. Commission on Life Sciences. – 1990
A report submitted by the Committee on Sea Turtle Conservation, addresses threats to the world's sea turtle populations to fulfill a mandate of the Endangered Species Act Amendments of 1988. It presents information on the populations, biology, ecology, and behavior of five endangered or threatened turtle species: the Kemp's ridley, loggerhead,…
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Conservation (Environment), Data, Data Analysis
