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Tipton, Elizabeth; Sullivan, Kate; Hedges, Larry; Vaden-Kiernan, Michael; Borman, Geoffrey; Caverly, Sarah – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
In this paper the authors present a new method for sample selection for scale-up experiments. This method uses propensity score matching methods to create a sample that is similar in composition to a well-defined generalization population. The method they present is flexible and practical in the sense that it identifies units to be targeted for…
Descriptors: Sampling, Selection, Research Methodology, Reading Programs
Bell, Stephen H.; Puma, Michael J.; Cook, Ronna J.; Heid, Camilla A. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2013
Access to Head Start has been shown to improve children's preschool experiences and school readiness on selected factors through the end of 1st grade. Two more years of follow-up, through the end of 3rd grade, can now be examined to determine whether these effects continue into the middle elementary grades. The statistical design and impact…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Data Analysis, Randomized Controlled Trials, Sampling
Spybrook, Jessaca; Lininger, Monica; Cullen, Anne – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
The purpose of this study is to extend the work of Spybrook and Raudenbush (2009) and examine how the research designs and sample sizes changed from the planning phase to the implementation phase in the first wave of studies funded by IES. The authors examine the impact of the changes in terms of the changes in the precision of the study from the…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Sampling, Research Design, Planning