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PPIC Statewide Survey Methodology. Updated
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Public Policy Institute of California, 2021
The PPIC Statewide Survey was inaugurated in 1998 to provide a way for Californians to express their views on important public policy issues. The survey provides timely, relevant, nonpartisan information on Californians' political, social, and economic opinions. It seeks to inform and improve state policymaking, raise awareness, and encourage…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Research Design, Sample Size, Data Collection
In the Eye of the Beholder: Quantifying Individuals' Preferences and Biases Using Peer Nominations
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Camparo, James; Camparo, Lorinda B.; Wagner, Judith T. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2010
Peer nominations are used widely in psychological and sociological research to examine intergroup dynamics, even though this assessment tool suffers from thorny methodological problems: Gender, ethnic, age, and trait compositions vary across subsamples, subjects differ in the number of nominations they make, and the issue of sampling without…
Descriptors: Group Dynamics, Intergroup Relations, Peer Relationship, Social Attitudes
Supplemental Analytic Sample Equivalence Tables for Student Characteristics and Achievement in 22 KIPP Middle Schools: A Report from the National Evaluation of KIPP Middle Schools
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Tuttle, Christina Clark; Teh, Bing-ru; Nichols-Barrer, Ira; Gill, Brian P.; Gleason, Philip – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2010
In this set of four supplemental tables, the authors compare the baseline test scores of the treatment and matched control group samples observed in each year after KIPP entry (outcome years 1 to 4). As discussed in Chapter III, the authors used an iterative propensity score estimation procedure to calculate each student's probability of entering…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Middle Schools, Student Characteristics, Tables (Data)
Estudio/Survey: What Higher Education Does (and Doesn't Do) for Hispanics.
Schlef, Aileen; And Others – CASE Currents, 1983
A survey in Southern California to determine how higher education is responding to the needs of Hispanics is described. The goal was to find out what institutions were doing to recruit Hispanics, retain them until graduation, help them transfer from two-year to four-year institutions, and raise funds. (MLW)
Descriptors: Administrators, College Administration, Fund Raising, Higher Education
Student Accountability Model (SAM): Operations Manual.
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Gold, Ben K.; Morris, William – 1977
This manual describes a comprehensive system of procedures or a model constructed for the purpose of improving occupational student follow-up in California community colleges. The manual deals with such pragmatic research considerations as conceptualization of research design, sampling, questionnaire content, suggestions for data processing, and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Employers, Followup Studies, Models
Survey Methods of the 1976-77 Expanded Eligibility Survey.
Nicholls, William L., II; Many, F. V. – 1978
Methods of the 1976-77 Expanded Eligibility Survey, which was conducted for the University of California at Berkeley and the University of California System, are described. The survey was undertaken as a supplement to the 1976 High School Eligibility Study. A subsample of the 1976 Eligibility Study graduates was mailed questionnaires to determine…
Descriptors: College Attendance, College Choice, Data Collection, Eligibility