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Minke, Amy – 1997
With the advent of the computer and user-friendly statistical software packages, factor analysis has become accessible to most researchers. However, conventional factor analysis, or R-technique, is only useful for research concerning types or groups of variables. Educational and psychological researchers are often interested in types of people,…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure
Lockridge, Jewel – 1997
Researchers persist in using stepwise regression in spite of problems with this approach. As noted by B. Thompson (1995), three problems accompany the use of stepwise applications. The first is that computer packages may use incorrect degrees of freedom in their computations, resulting in a greater likelihood of obtaining a spurious statistical…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Error of Measurement, Predictor Variables, Research Methodology
Blackman, Bernard I.; Provencher, David – 1984
Qualitative methodology, the traditional mainstay of social science and historical research, is currently gaining increased respectability as both an alternative and a companion to quantitative methods in intercultural communication research. Because data collection and compilation techniques are often highly personal, situation-specific,…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Computers
Hummel, Thomas J. – 1983
This document discusses the creation of a new formal language for the field of counseling psychology. Constructs for such a language are applied specifically to the communication of research information (especially research concerned with the effects of counselor action on clients) for experimental replication. Grammatical concepts of a formal…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs, Counseling, Experiments
Kennedy, Graeme D. – 1985
A study to develop a methodology for discovering how one important notion or semantic category, "frequency of occurrence," is expressed in words, phrases, or other linguistic devices in academic English began with a search for devices expressing that notion, by analyzing text from a news magazine, a New Zealand geography textbook, and a…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Expressive Language, Instructional Materials, Language Research
Crain, C. Ray – 1990
End-user statistical computing is one way to improve the productivity of researchers; it does so by providing them with a statistical computing environment and with guidance on its appropriate use. Critical success factors include: (1) ease of use; (2) software correctness and robustness; (3) compatibility with system resources; (4) training and…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software Development, Computer Uses in Education, Evaluation Methods
Ouimet, Judith A.; Hanson, Gary R. – 1997
Historically, data have been collected from survey participants through a paper-and-pencil questionnaire or through interviews in person or on the telephone. This study compares the use of a new approach, interactive telephone data collection (ITDCT) to traditional paper-and-pencil collection. ITDCT administers survey items through a digitized…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Oriented Programs, Data Collection, Educational Technology
Samejima, Fumiko – 1982
In latent trait theory the latent space, or space of the hypothetical construct, is usually represented by some unidimensional or multi-dimensional continuum of real numbers. Like the latent space, the item response can either be treated as a discrete variable or as a continuous variable. Latent trait theory relates the item response to the latent…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Estimation (Mathematics), Item Analysis, Latent Trait Theory
Hecht, Jeffrey B. – 1997
Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) allow users a small profile, battery-operated, and relatively low-cost way to take many of the capabilities of a personal computer into the field. This combination of features suggests a great potential for the use of a PDA as a field data collection instrument. This research compared the use of one kind of PDA…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Field Studies
Hecht, Jeffrey B. – 1995
VTLOGANL is a project to enhance and develop new methods and computer software to aid the social science researcher using video tape. This paper describes the latest release of the VTLOGANL program and provides a brief description of its capabilities. VTLOGANL is a BASIC program designed for an MS-DOS computer system. It uses Indexed Sequential…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Computer Software Development, Data Analysis
Byrne, Barbara M. – 1994
Working from a common data base and hypothesized model, this paper demonstrates and compares the EQS and LISREL computer program strategies in the analysis of a second-order factor model. Program similarities and differences are noted with respect to: (1) preliminary analyses of the data; (2) treatment of data that are not multivariately normal;…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software
Selin, Larry R.; Gates, Larry C. – 1983
The involvement of a large regional university's institutional support units in a self-study is discussed. The university had initiated its first experience with a comprehensive and systematic approach to planning. Attention is focused on the self-study procedures in the support units and on the resulting reports. Four support units with diverse…
Descriptors: Alumni, College Admission, College Planning, Computer Oriented Programs
Seppanen, Loretta J. – 1985
The use of Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS), a type of microcomputer application software, to analyze open-ended survey questions is discussed. Using open-ended questions allows researchers to ask respondents to express themselves freely about their attitudes and beliefs. This approach also can elicit a precise answer even though the…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Databases
Young, Robert; Steele, Sara – 1984
A microcomputer spreadsheet software package can be used for a variety of tasks to manage a program or research project and to cut costs in evaluation. LOTUS 1 2 3 is a versatile, commonly available, and well-known electronic spreadsheet package. Spreadsheets were originally designed to emulate financial ledgers and balance sheets. They are useful…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Data Analysis
Saban, Kenneth A. – 1997
The growing popularity of focus group measurements can be traced to any one of four factors: (1) the economics associated with focus groups; (2) the speed at which data can now be collected; (3) the need to understand customer motivations; and (4) the desire to improve subsequent qualitative research activities and programs. Market researchers are…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Oriented Programs, Consumer Economics, Focus Groups