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Download full textElmore, Patricia B.; Woehlke, Paula L. – 1988
Periodic summaries of research techniques used in important journals help professors of educational research teach each new generation of researchers. Literature published in "American Educational Research Journal" (AERJ), "Educational Researcher" (ER), and "Review of Educational Research (RER) is reviewed for the 10-year…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Educational Research, Evaluation Methods, Factor Analysis
Terenzini, Patrick T.; Pascarella, Ernest T. – 1978
To test Tinto's theory of college attrition, a longitudinal study involving 766 students enrolled in Syracuse University in September 1975 was conducted to determine whether freshmen persisters and voluntary dropouts differed on certain attitudinal and behavioral measures of academic and social integration once selected background characteristics…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Characteristics
Hutten, Leah R. – 1979
Goodness of fit of raw test score data were compared, using two latent trait models: the Rasch model and the Birnbaum three-parameter logistic model. Data were taken from various achievement tests and the Scholastic Aptitude Test (Verbal). A minimum sample size of 1,000 was required, and the minimum test length was 40 items. Results indicated that…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Achievement Tests, College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Analysis
