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Smagacz-Poziemska, Marta; Bukowski, Andrzej; Martini, Natalia – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2021
Praxeological turn in social research resulted in many examples of empirical studies using the concept of social practice. They are mostly case studies of a single or clearly defined practices, such as cooking, dancing or energy consumption. There is a lack of studies employing this concept as a framework for research on complex, dynamic and…
Descriptors: Social Science Research, Urban Areas, Housing, Foreign Countries
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Shrum, L. J. – Human Communication Research, 1997
States M.L. Mares presents evidence that source confusions play a role in the cultivation effect. Clarifies some of Mares' findings that have implications for the heuristic model of cultivation effects and shows that Mares' findings are compatible with and can be integrated into the heuristic processing model. Discusses implications of Mares'…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Heuristics, Models, Research Problems
Rivera, Bernadette Delgado – 1993
The analysis of covariance as a procedure for statistical correction of the effects for an extraneous variable, called a "covariate," is presented. An heuristic data set is used to make the discussion of the calculation of ANCOVA partitions easier to follow. A discussion of homogeneity of regression as an essential condition to be met…
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Heuristics, Mathematical Models, Regression (Statistics)
Worthen, Blaine R. – 1985
Kaplan (1964) describes the now classic distinction between "logic-in-use," the more or less logical cognitive style and procedures used by the educational scientist, and "reconstructed logic," the scientist's after-the-fact, explicit formulation and idealization of the logic and procedures. However, most technical documents…
Descriptors: Educational Researchers, Heuristics, Inquiry, Research Design
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Cascallar, Eduardo; Boekaerts, Monique; Costigan, Tracy – Educational Psychology Review, 2006
The role of assessment is central to the current work in the field of self-regulation research, to the conceptualizations derived from empirical work, and to the operationalisation of its concepts in individual and classroom implementations. The various instantiations of the concept of self-regulation, all presuppose a detailed accounting of many…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Self Management, Measures (Individuals), Evaluation Methods
Allen, Melissa A. – 1994
Special problems confront the researcher measuring the attitudes of young children who cannot readily make cognitive judgments associated with conventional psychometric scales, such as Likert scales. One measurement strategy, called the method of paired comparisons, can overcome these difficulties. The method is explained in this paper. A small…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Child Behavior, Children, Communication Problems