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Prentice, Shaun; Kirkpatrick, Emily; Schuwirth, Lambert; Benson, Jill – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2021
A central principle of programmatic assessment is that the final decision is not a surprise to the learner. To achieve this, assessments must demonstrate predictive and consequential validity, however, to date, research has only focussed on the former. The present study attempts to address this gap by examining the predictive and consequential…
Descriptors: Identification, At Risk Students, Meta Analysis, Prediction
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Barratt, Monica J.; Ferris, Jason A.; Lenton, Simon – Field Methods, 2015
Online purposive samples have unknown biases and may not strictly be used to make inferences about wider populations, yet such inferences continue to occur. We compared the demographic and drug use characteristics of Australian ecstasy users from a probability (National Drug Strategy Household Survey, n = 726) and purposive sample (online survey…
Descriptors: Sampling, Validity, Drug Abuse, Probability
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Ahn, Soyeon; Ames, Allison J.; Myers, Nicholas D. – Review of Educational Research, 2012
The current review addresses the validity of published meta-analyses in education that determines the credibility and generalizability of study findings using a total of 56 meta-analyses published in education in the 2000s. Our objectives were to evaluate the current meta-analytic practices in education, identify methodological strengths and…
Descriptors: Inferences, Meta Analysis, Educational Practices, Research Methodology
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Schroeder, Carolyn M.; Scott, Timothy P.; Tolson, Homer; Huang, Tse-Yang; Lee, Yi-Hsuan – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2007
This project consisted of a meta-analysis of U.S. research published from 1980 to 2004 on the effect of specific science teaching strategies on student achievement. The six phases of the project included study acquisition, study coding, determination of intercoder objectivity, establishing criteria for inclusion of studies, computation of effect…
Descriptors: Test Format, Test Content, Academic Achievement, Meta Analysis
Marsh, Herbert W. – 1984
This investigation examines empirical support for the internal/external (I/E) frame of reference model which describes the relationships between verbal and math self-concepts, and between these academic self-concepts and verbal and math achievement. The empirical tests are based on all studies (n=6,010; ages 7 to 35 years) that have employed any…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Mathematics Achievement
Lyons, Thomas J. – 1992
A meta-analysis examines the predictive validity of three methods for evaluating the education and experiences (E&E) of applicants for entry and full-performance level jobs, focusing on federal white-collar jobs. The following are methods of rating education and experience: (1) Point, assigning points to the duration and type of past education…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Background, Employees, Evaluation Methods