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Quiroz, Waldo; Rubilar, Cristian Merino – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2015
This study develops a tool to identify errors in the presentation of natural laws based on the epistemology and ontology of the Scientific Realism of Mario Bunge. The tool is able to identify errors of different types: (1) epistemological, in which the law is incorrectly presented as data correlation instead of as a pattern of causality; (2)…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Scientific Concepts, Scientific Principles, Error Patterns
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Bernard, Robert M.; Borokhovski, Eugene; Schmid, Richard F.; Tamim, Rana M. – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 2014
This article contains a second-order meta-analysis and an exploration of bias in the technology integration literature in higher education. Thirteen meta-analyses, dated from 2000 to 2014 were selected to be included based on the questions asked and the presence of adequate statistical information to conduct a quantitative synthesis. The weighted…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Bias, Technology Integration, Higher Education
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Kleinke, David J. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1979
Lord's, Millman's and Saupe's methods of approximating the standard error of measurement are reviewed. Through an empirical demonstration involving 200 university classroom tests, all three approximations are shown to be biased. (Author/JKS)
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Error Patterns, Higher Education, Mathematical Formulas