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Sim, Julius; Saunders, Benjamin; Waterfield, Jackie; Kingstone, Tom – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2018
In his detailed response to our paper on sample size in qualitative research, Norman Blaikie raises important issues concerning conceptual definitions and taxonomy. In particular, he points out the problems associated with a loose, generic application of adjectives such as 'qualitative' or 'inductive'. We endorse this concern, though we suggest…
Descriptors: Sample Size, Sampling, Qualitative Research, Research Methodology
Two Distinct Exploratory Behaviors in Decisions from Experience: Comment on Gonzalez and Dutt (2011)
Hills, Thomas T.; Hertwig, Ralph – Psychological Review, 2012
Gonzalez and Dutt (2011) recently reported that trends during sampling, prior to a consequential risky decision, reveal a gradual movement from exploration to exploitation. That is, even when search imposes no immediate costs, people adopt the same pattern manifest in costly search: early exploration followed by later exploitation. From this…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Models, Inferences, Sampling
Gonzalez, Cleotilde; Dutt, Varun – Psychological Review, 2012
Hills and Hertwig (2012) challenge the proposed similarity of the exploration-exploitation transitions found in Gonzalez and Dutt (2011) between the 2 experimental paradigms of decisions from experience (sampling and repeated-choice), which was predicted by an instance-based learning (IBL) model. The heart of their argument is that in the sampling…
Descriptors: Data, Models, Learning Processes, Criticism

Wirt, Edgar – Journal of Experimental Education, 1987
In negotiating to obtain a sample of records from a computer file, it is important to be able to present a simple program that will produce a representative and valid sample. This article describes two procedures: (1) an interval selection method; and (2) a random numbers file. (JAZ)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Business, Computers, Databases

Hernon, Peter – College and Research Libraries, 1994
Provides an introduction to sampling, determination of sample size, and selection of the actual sample that would be useful for librarians conducting research and evaluation studies. Highlights include sampling method, sampling error, confidence level, and microcomputer software packages that help determine sample size. (Contains 26 references.)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Software, Higher Education, Library Research
Thompson, Bruce – 1992
Three criticisms of overreliance on results from statistical significance tests are noted. It is suggested that: (1) statistical significance tests are often tautological; (2) some uses can involve comparisons that are not completely sensible; and (3) using statistical significance tests to evaluate both methodological assumptions (e.g., the…
Descriptors: Effect Size, Estimation (Mathematics), Evaluation Methods, Regression (Statistics)
Garland, Kathleen – School Library Media Quarterly, 1992
Discusses sampling of circulation data as a technique for library media program management. Highlights include random and purposive sampling techniques; studies of circulation samples; factors affecting circulation patterns; guidelines for sampling circulation statistics over shorter time periods; and an example using statistics gathered from an…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Guidelines, Learning Resources Centers

Kay, Robin – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1992
Review of research investigating gender differences in computer-related behavior examines statistical and methodological flaws. Issues addressed include sample selection, sample size, scale development, scale quality, the use of univariate and multivariate analyses, regressional analysis, construct definition, construct testing, and the…
Descriptors: Computers, Construct Validity, Literature Reviews, Research Methodology

Brewer, James K.; Sindelar, Paul T. – Journal of Special Education, 1988
From a priori and post hoc data collection perspectives, this paper describes the interrelations among (1) power, alpha, effect size, and sample size for hypothesis testing; and (2) precision, confidence, and sample size for interval estimation. Implications for special education researchers working with convenient samples of fixed size are…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Disabilities, Educational Research, Effect Size
Greene, Jay P.; Peterson, Paul E. – 1996
In August 1996 Jay P. Greene, Paul E. Peterson, and Jiangtao Du, with Leesa Boeger and Curtis L. Frazier, issued a report called "The Effectiveness of School Choice in Milwaukee." The report, referred to as GPDBF, presented data that indicated that low-income minority students in their third and fourth years of participation in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Data Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Participant Characteristics
Spencer, Bruce D. – 1986
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) currently tests seventeen-year-old students enrolled in public and private secondary schools, but it does not test "out-of-school" seventeen-year-olds who have either graduated or dropped out. Estimating that one of five seventeen-year-olds is out of school, the interpretability of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cohort Analysis, Dropouts, Educational Assessment