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Direct linkLedford, Jennifer R. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2018
Randomization of large number of participants to different treatment groups is often not a feasible or preferable way to answer questions of immediate interest to professional practice. Single case designs (SCDs) are a class of research designs that are experimental in nature but require only a few participants, all of whom receive the…
Descriptors: Research Design, Randomized Controlled Trials, Experimental Groups, Control Groups
Petosa, R. L.; Smith, L. – Journal of School Nursing, 2018
In school settings, nurses lead efforts to improve the student health and well-being to support academic success. Nurses are guided by evidenced-based practice and data to inform care decisions. The randomized controlled trial (RCT) is considered the gold standard of scientific rigor for clinical trials. RCTs are critical to the development of…
Descriptors: School Effectiveness, School Nurses, Randomized Controlled Trials, Role
Download full textWhat Works Clearinghouse, 2017
"Attrition" is the loss of sample during the course of a study. It occurs when individuals initially randomly assigned in a study are not included when researchers examine the outcome of interest. Attrition is a common issue in education research, and it occurs for many reasons. The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) is an initiative of the…
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Randomized Controlled Trials
Tipton, Elizabeth; Olsen, Robert B. – Educational Researcher, 2018
School-based evaluations of interventions are increasingly common in education research. Ideally, the results of these evaluations are used to make evidence-based policy decisions for students. However, it is difficult to make generalizations from these evaluations because the types of schools included in the studies are typically not selected…
Descriptors: Intervention, Educational Research, Decision Making, Evidence Based Practice
What Works Clearinghouse, 2014
Attrition occurs when members of the initial research sample are not part of the final analysis sample, such as due to missing data or leaving the study. Both the overall sample attrition and the differences in attrition between the groups can affect the statistical equivalence of the sample and create potential for bias. The WWC has given careful…
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Statistical Bias, Randomized Controlled Trials, Models
What Works Clearinghouse, 2013
Attrition occurs when members of the initial research sample are not part of the final analysis sample, such as due to missing data or leaving the study. Both the overall sample attrition and the differences in attrition between the groups can affect the statistical equivalence of the sample and create potential for bias. The WWC has given careful…
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Statistical Bias, Randomized Controlled Trials, Models
