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Daugherty, Lindsay; Anderson, Drew M. – RAND Corporation, 2021
This appendix supplements the report "Stackable Credential Pipelines in Ohio: Evidence on Programs and Earnings Outcomes" (ED613593). In the appendix, the authors provide more details about the data and empirical approach, additional information about the samples, and some alternative results from analyses related to those that appear in…
Descriptors: Credentials, Postsecondary Education, Research Methodology, Data Collection
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Wyse, Adam E. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2018
This article discusses regression effects that are commonly observed in Angoff ratings where panelists tend to think that hard items are easier than they are and easy items are more difficult than they are in comparison to estimated item difficulties. Analyses of data from two credentialing exams illustrate these regression effects and the…
Descriptors: Regression (Statistics), Test Items, Difficulty Level, Licensing Examinations (Professions)
Bahr, Peter Riley – Center for Analysis of Postsecondary Education and Employment, 2016
In this study, I draw on longitudinal data for 1.1 million students in California to estimate the effects of community college credentials on students' earnings, as compared with students who are not awarded a credential. In contrast to much of the recent work on this subject, which assumed that the effects of credentials on students' earnings are…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Graduates, Longitudinal Studies, Outcomes of Education
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Wen, Lei; Hao, Qian; Bu, Danlu – Accounting Education, 2015
Based on the theory of planned behavior [Ajzen, I. (1991). "The theory of planned behavior." "Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes," 50(2), 179-211], we examine the factors influencing the decisions of accounting students in China concerning the certified public accountant (CPA) designation. Surveying 288…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Accounting, Business Administration Education, Certification
Karmel, Tom; Nguyen, Nhi – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2006
The aim of this report was to quantify the benefit, in terms of higher wages, of completing a vocational education and training (VET) qualification. Two factors influenced the direction of this research. First of all, VET is concerned primarily with improvements in skill levels (with a likely consequence of improved productivity and therefore…
Descriptors: Wages, Vocational Education, Educational Benefits, Certification