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Download full textThayer, Jerome D. – 2002
This paper identifies specific problems with stepwise regression, notes criticisms of stepwise methods by statisticians, suggests appropriate ways in which stepwise procedures can be used, and gives examples of how this can be done. Although the stepwise method has been routinely criticized by statisticians, it is still frequently used in the…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Predictor Variables, Regression (Statistics), Research Methodology
Peer reviewedEntwisle, Doris R.; Astone, Nan Marie – Child Development, 1994
Suggests that recent social changes and trends make it imperative to include demographics of all kinds in research on child development. Proposes guidelines to help child development researchers procure demographic information from their study population. Provides specific questions that may help researchers devise demographic indicators, and…
Descriptors: Biographical Inventories, Child Development, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Schmoker, Mike – 1996
This book argues that all school efforts should be focused on results. It elaborates on the simple conditions that favor results, briefly discusses the theory behind the conditions, and demonstrates, using examples from schools, how other schools can begin to successfully replicate the conditions. Following the introduction, chapters 1-3 describe…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Assessment
Lawton, Stephen B.; Boodoo, Gwyneth M. – 1978
Based on a sample of 12 representative school boards in Ontario, a normative method of analysis was utilized in addressing the major concerns of the study: the appropriate number of noncertified staff for a given school board, future demand for and supply of noncertified staff, and the resultant implications of such information. The study…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Data Analysis, Declining Enrollment, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedMare, Robert D. – Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1981
Utilizing "Social Indicators" (1979), discusses growth and distribution of schooling in the U.S., trends in student test performance, and major organizational changes in elementary/secondary education. Comments on quality of available data and suggests improvements for future reporting of educational indicators. (Reprint of article is available…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Attainment, Elementary Secondary Education
Upjohn (W.E.) Inst. for Employment Research, Kalamazoo, MI. – 1982
Social statistics may exaggerate the degree of hardship caused by labor market problems. Yet, in many ways social statistics underestimate the degree of hardship caused by extended unemployment, underemployment, and low wages. Therefore, new measures are needed to reassess long-term and cyclical labor market developments, the changing status of…
Descriptors: Business Cycles, Data Analysis, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Patterns
