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Campbell, Bernadette; Mark, Melvin M. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2015
Evaluation theories can be tested in various ways. One approach, the experimental analogue study, is described and illustrated in this article. The approach is presented as a method worthy to use in the pursuit of what Alkin and others have called descriptive evaluation theory. Drawing on analogue studies conducted by the first author, we…
Descriptors: Evaluation Research, Research Methodology, Stakeholders, Theories
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Niu, Sunny; Tienda, Marta – Journal of Higher Education, 2013
Using a representative longitudinal survey of Texas high school seniors who graduated in 2002, we investigate how college postponement is associated with four-year college expectations and attendance--focusing both on the length of delay and the pathway to the postsecondary system. Like prior studies, we show that family background and student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Longitudinal Studies, High School Seniors, Surveys
Abode, Philip Sanmi – Online Submission, 2005
The purpose of this study was to understand the nature of the relationship between organizational strategy and district performance among California's largest unified school districts. Organizational strategy was measured using planned and realized strategies (independent variables). Realized strategy is also referred to strategic orientation.…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Student Needs, Socioeconomic Status, Strategic Planning
Kuehne, Carolyn C. – 1993
There are advantages to using a priori or planned comparisons rather than omnibus multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) tests followed by post hoc or a posteriori testing. A small heuristic data set is used to illustrate these advantages. An omnibus MANOVA test was performed on the data followed by a post hoc test (discriminant analysis). A…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Comparative Analysis, Discriminant Analysis, Heuristics
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Lane, Andrew M.; Nevill, Alan M.; Bowes, Neal; Fox, Kenneth R. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2005
Establishing stability, defined as observing minimal measurement error in a test-retest assessment, is vital to validating psychometric tools. Correlational methods, such as Pearson product-moment, intraclass, and kappa are tests of association or consistency, whereas stability or reproducibility (regarded here as synonymous) assesses the…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Multivariate Analysis, Correlation, Test Validity