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Judith Glaesser – Field Methods, 2025
In qualitative comparative analysis, as with all methods, there is a question about how many cases are needed to make an analysis robust. In deciding on the number of cases, a key consideration is the number of conditions to be analyzed. I suggest that adding cases is preferable to dropping conditions if there are too many conditions relative to…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Robustness (Statistics), Sampling, Case Studies
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Judith Schoonenboom – Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 2024
Fetters et al.'s (2013) mixed methods integration framework uses construction metaphors: building, connecting, merging, and embedding. In a similar vein, this article uses an architectural metaphor and introduces design patterns as building blocks for mixed methods research design. A design pattern embeds one specific design decision into its…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Research Design, Comparative Analysis, Figurative Language
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Jiaying Xiao; Chun Wang; Gongjun Xu – Grantee Submission, 2024
Accurate item parameters and standard errors (SEs) are crucial for many multidimensional item response theory (MIRT) applications. A recent study proposed the Gaussian Variational Expectation Maximization (GVEM) algorithm to improve computational efficiency and estimation accuracy (Cho et al., 2021). However, the SE estimation procedure has yet to…
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Models, Evaluation Methods, Item Analysis
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Ji-Eun Lee; Amisha Jindal; Sanika Nitin Patki; Ashish Gurung; Reilly Norum; Erin Ottmar – Interactive Learning Environments, 2024
This paper demonstrated how to apply Machine Learning (ML) techniques to analyze student interaction data collected in an online mathematics game. Using a data-driven approach, we examined 1) how different ML algorithms influenced the precision of middle-school students' (N = 359) performance (i.e. posttest math knowledge scores) prediction and 2)…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Algorithms, Mathematics Tests, Computer Games