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Schnell, Rainer; Thomas, Kathrin – Sociological Methods & Research, 2023
This article provides a meta-analysis of studies using the crosswise model (CM) in estimating the prevalence of sensitive characteristics in different samples and populations. On a data set of 141 items published in 33 either articles or books, we compare the difference ([delta]) between estimates based on the CM and a direct question (DQ). The…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Models, Comparative Analysis, Publications
Wong, Vivian C.; Valentine, Jeffrey C.; Miller-Bains, Kate – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2017
This article summarizes results from 12 empirical evaluations of observational methods in education contexts. We look at the performance of three common covariate-types in observational studies where the outcome is a standardized reading or math test. They are: pretest measures, local geographic matching, and rich covariate sets with a strong…
Descriptors: Observation, Educational Research, Standardized Tests, Reading Tests
Caswell, Linda; Martinez, Alina; Lee, Okhee; Berns, Barbara Brauner; Rhodes, Hilary – Teachers College Record, 2016
Background/Context: Educational and societal phenomena can converge to draw attention to a new focus, such as ELs and STEM, and then trigger new research interests. A funding program can play a critical role in shaping these new research interests by prioritizing specific research topics and designs or by requiring particular specializations of…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, STEM Education, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Hansen, Henrik; Klejnstrup, Ninja Ritter; Andersen, Ole Winckler – American Journal of Evaluation, 2013
There is a long-standing debate as to whether nonexperimental estimators of causal effects of social programs can overcome selection bias. Most existing reviews either are inconclusive or point to significant selection biases in nonexperimental studies. However, many of the reviews, the so-called "between-studies," do not make direct…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Outcome Measures, Comparative Analysis
Gloeckner, Gene W.; Jones, Paul – Peabody Journal of Education, 2013
This article reviews selected research on successes of homeschooled students over the past decade. The article raises several methods issues, especially related to sampling issues and recent changes in some state laws. In addition the article reviews research collected from college admission's officers' on their perceptions and attitudes relate to…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Educational History, Educational Methods, Sampling
Miller, Andrew – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2015
The purpose of this systematic review was to investigate the weight of scientific evidence regarding student outcomes (physical, cognitive and affective) of a Game Centered Approach (GCA) when the quality of a study was taken into account in the interpretation of collective findings. A systematic search of five electronic databases (Sports…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Literature Reviews, Educational Games, Children
Peng, Wei; Crouse, Julia C.; Lin, Jih-Hsuan – Health Education & Behavior, 2013
This systematic review evaluates interventions using active video games (AVGs) to increase physical activity and summarizes laboratory studies quantifying intensity of AVG play among children and adults. Databases (Cochrane Library, PsychInfo, PubMed, SPORTDiscus, Web of Science) and forward citation and reference list searches were used to…
Descriptors: Video Games, Physical Activity Level, Physical Activities, Intervention
Brass, Jory; Burns, Leslie David – Research in the Teaching of English, 2011
This study identified historical continuities and discontinuities across a century of secondary research published in "English Journal" (1912-1966) and "Research in the Teaching of English" (1967-2011). It highlights considerable methodological continuity across six decades of "English Journal" and some shifts in research emphases that tended to…
Descriptors: Literacy, Educational Research, Academic Discourse, Research Methodology
LeCompte, Margaret D.; Goetz, Judith Preissle – 1982
The problems addressed, and solutions devised, by educational ethnographers in selection of and sampling from phenomena for internal representativeness external comparison are examined. The process of sampling is designated as a specialized form of the more general process of focusing and choosing in research, which is called selection. Common…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Research, Ethnography, Generalization
Wolf, Wendy C. – 1977
Four potential biases incurred by using a sample of wives of male respondents as a sample of women for sex comparisons of the occupational attainment process were examined and empirically assessed. Using data from the Wisconsin longitudinal study of high school seniors, the extent and nature of two potential biases were considered: (1) a sampling…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Employed Women, Employment Level, Longitudinal Studies
Kane, Rosalie A.; Chan, Jane; Kane, Robert L. – Gerontologist, 2007
Purpose: This article assesses the state of research on assisted living (AL) from 1989 to May 2004. Design and Methods: We undertook keyword searches for AL research and amplified these with searches of Web sites, conference proceedings, and follow-up inquiries. We annotated and coded the resultant items according to categories reflecting the…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Research Methodology, Longitudinal Studies, Residential Care
Lynn, Richard; Longley, David – Intelligence, 2006
A number of studies in the United States have found that Jews obtain higher average IQs than white gentiles. This paper examines whether this is also the case in Britain. Three early studies are summarized that found that Jews in Britain have mean IQs in the range of 110-113. New data are presented for two nationally representative samples of 7-16…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Jews, Intelligence Quotient, Sampling
Lewis, Jonathan P.; Geroy, Gary D. – 1991
Conducting observational research in a cross-cultural context invokes a unique set of difficulties. This paper describes sources of bias and threats to validity that are specific to cross-cultural research. It describes problems of cross-cultural research designs for descriptive studies, comparative research, and experimental research and outlines…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Experimental Groups
Bleistein, Carole A. – 1986
Research on assessing the cultural fairness of individual test items is reviewed, with emphasis on Birnbaum's three-parameter logistic model. As defined in this review, differential item characteristics are exhibited when examinees from one group have a lower probability of answering correctly than do examinees of equal ability from another group.…
Descriptors: Black Students, Comparative Analysis, Culture Fair Tests, Literature Reviews

Glassner, Barry; Corzine, Jay – Sociology and Social Research, 1982
Develops Glaser and Strauss' (1967) suggestion that fieldwork techniques may be successfully adapted for content analysis research. Discusses relative advantages of literature and traditional fieldwork sites, and initial stages of doing fieldwork at literature sites; demonstrates method used through an evaluation of the hypothesis that prejudice…
Descriptors: Bias, Comparative Analysis, Competition, Content Analysis
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