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Stumbling Block or Stepping Stone: Path Analysis in Family Studies.
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Schumm, Walter R.; And Others – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1980
This review of the procedures involved in using path analysis provides guidelines for more effective future utilization of recursive path analysis in the field of family studies. (Author)
Descriptors: Family (Sociological Unit), Family Counseling, Models, Path Analysis
Validity of Inferences Based on the Proposed Title I Evaluation Models.
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Linn, Robert L. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1979
The internal validity of the RMC models, especially Model A, is examined. Concern centers on limiting evaluation to cognitive outcomes, using constant percentile as the no-treatment expectation, and using norms for one test to establish the expected no-treatment performance level for another test. (MH)
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods
Naturalistic Versus Experimental Approaches to the Study of Human Aggression: Theoretical and Methodological Issues.
Gaebelein, Jacquelyn W. – 1980
Research strategies used to study human aggression include laboratory study, experimental simulation, field experiment, field study, judgment task, sample survey, and less empirical strategies such as computer simulations and formal theory. The context of these strategies can be classified as either contrived, natural, or irrelevant. Major issues…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavioral Science Research, Field Studies, Laboratory Experiments