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Dalton, Sarah Grace; Stark, Brielle C.; Fromm, Davida; Apple, Kristen; MacWhinney, Brian; Rensch, Amanda; Rowedder, Madyson – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
Purpose: The aim of this study was to advance the use of structured, monologic discourse analysis by validating an automated scoring procedure for core lexicon (CoreLex) using transcripts. Method: Forty-nine transcripts from persons with aphasia and 48 transcripts from persons with no brain injury were retrieved from the AphasiaBank database. Five…
Descriptors: Validity, Discourse Analysis, Databases, Scoring
Moreno, Vicente Garcia; Patrinos, Harry Anthony – World Bank, 2020
This paper estimates private and social returns to investment in education in Azerbaijan, using the 2015 Azerbaijan Monitoring Survey for Social Welfare. The private rate of return to education is 6 percent; this is the first estimate of returns to schooling in Azerbaijan since 1995. The returns to schooling are 6 percent for men and 8 percent for…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Higher Education, Educational Finance, Educational Policy
What Works Clearinghouse, 2012
This document provides guidance about how to describe studies and report their findings in a way that is clear, complete, and transparent. This document does not include information about how studies are judged against What Works Clearinghouse evidence standards. For information about What Works Clearinghouse evidence standards, please refer to…
Descriptors: Intervention, Research Reports, Educational Research, Guides
Davis, Elizabeth E.; Grobe, Deana; Weber, Roberta B. – Administration for Children & Families, 2012
In this paper we discuss several key challenges encountered when conducting a study of the continuity of participation in the child care subsidy program. While many of these issues are familiar to those who have studied participation dynamics in other assistance programs, and to those familiar with survival analysis, we describe these challenges…
Descriptors: Child Care, Grants, Low Income Groups, Participation
What Works Clearinghouse, 2014
This "What Works Clearinghouse Procedures and Standards Handbook (Version 3.0)" provides a detailed description of the standards and procedures of the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC). The remaining chapters of this Handbook are organized to take the reader through the basic steps that the WWC uses to develop a review protocol, identify…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Guides, Intervention, Classification
Smyth, Russell; Nielsen, Ingrid; Zhai, Qingguo – Social Indicators Research, 2010
This article reports the findings of a survey administering the personal well-being index (PWI) in six Chinese cities (N = 3,390) to ascertain the personal well-being of China's urban population. The specific aims of the study were: (a) ascertain whether Chinese urban residents are satisfied with their lives; (b) validate the PWI using an urban…
Descriptors: Participant Characteristics, Income, Foreign Countries, Psychometrics

Toedter, Lori J.; And Others – Evaluation Review, 1990
The problem of the appropriate comparison group for bereavement studies is discussed. The use of the retrospective pretest design is illustrated through a longitudinal study of bereavement outcome following pregnancy loss, involving 138 bereaved women and a comparison group of 215 currently pregnant women. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adults, Bereavement, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups
Shireman, Joan F.; Johnson, Penny R. – 1973
This descriptive report covers the first phase of a 20-year longitudinal study of black children adopted under 3 years of age by black couples, white couples, and single persons. The sample of three groups of approximately equal size was selected from the adoptive placements of two private child welfare agencies between June 1970 and June 1972.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adopted Children, Adoption, Black Youth
Herrera, Carla – Public/Private Ventures, 2004
With traditional mentoring programs working hard to attract new kinds of volunteers and schools facing increased pressure to help students succeed, school-based mentoring is a promising--and increasingly popular--approach. According to Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, the number of school-based matches grew from 27,000 in 1999 to 90,000 in…
Descriptors: Mentors, Surveys, Evaluation Methods, Predictor Variables
Policy Studies in Education, New York, NY. – 1975
The report presents the fourth evaluation of the Ohio Career Development Program for Grades K-10. Although career education programs appeared to be successful on observation, the administration of curriculum-based tests in 1973 showed no major difference between results of the program and nonprogram students. Policy studies in education developed…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Career Development, Career Education, Cognitive Tests

Kirsch, Irwin S.; And Others – 1992
A comprehensive assessment of the literacy proficiencies of Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) and Employment Service/Unemployment Insurance (ES/UI) participants was conducted by the Department of Labor. The survey responses of a sample of 2,501 JTPA applicants and 3,277 ES/UI participants were scored, weighted, analyzed, and used to develop a…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Data Collection
Burghardt, John; Schochet, Peter Z. – 2001
The question of whether the Job Corps's impacts on students' employment and related outcomes differ according to the characteristics of the Job Corps center attended was examined. The study sample consisted of approximately 9,400 program group members and 6,000 control group members who were randomly selected from among the nearly 81,000…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Counseling Services, Delivery Systems, Differences