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Nelson, Jason M. – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2013
Objective: To investigate the self-concept of college students with ADHD. Method: College students with ADHD and their parents completed self-report and observer-report measures of self-concept, respectively. Results: Results indicated that college students with ADHD did not report problems with self-concept but their parents did for them. This…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, College Students, Measures (Individuals), Measurement Techniques
Lord, Pippa; Sharp, Caroline; Dawson, Anneka; Mehta, Palak; White, Richard; Jeffes, Jennifer – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2013
Arts Council England (ACE) commissioned NFER to undertake the national evaluation of the In Harmony social and music education programme 2012-2015. In Harmony is funded by the Department for Education (DfE) and ACE, and is currently being piloted in six areas. The evaluation is investigating the range and extent of impacts on children, families,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Investigations
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Novakovic, Nadezda – International Journal of Training Research, 2008
The Angoff method is a widely used procedure for setting pass scores in vocational examinations, in which the awarders estimate the performance of minimally competent candidates (MCCs) on each test item. Within the context of some UK vocational examinations, the procedure consists of two stages: after making the first round of estimates, awarders…
Descriptors: Standard Setting (Scoring), Discussion, Statistical Data, Occupational Tests
Leuthold, Frank O.; Smith, George F. – 1972
Data on the characteristics of 400 Wisconsin dairy farmers by adopter category innovator-early adopter and early majority; early majority and late majority; and late majority and laggard) are compared with the characteristics of 200 Ohio farmers studied in 1961. The data on the Wisconsin dairy farmers were obtained/by personal interview in a 1962…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Farm Management, Farmers
Madow, William G. – 1973
The California study, based on data from a national survey, compared accuracy and completeness of information on 7,182 chronic health conditions of persons, 17 years of age or older, given in household interviews with diagnostic information given by group medical plan physicians. Overreporting referred to conditions reported in the interview which…
Descriptors: Adults, Comparative Analysis, Exceptional Child Research, Interviews
McClure, Joseph Paul; And Others – 1972
This study concerned problem of decreased 4-H Club enrollment among senior 4-H Club youth in Tennessee. Data were collected from all ninth and tenth grade boys in Greene County, Tennessee, present on day interviews were conducted in each school. For analysis, data from 308 boys were classified into two groups according to their 4-H Club membership…
Descriptors: Clubs, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Dropout Research
Oberle, Wayne H. – 1969
This report is one in a series on the socioeconomic conditions of rural people within selected areas of the United States. Data were obtained by personal interviews with 1,413 sample household heads residing in the rural parts of the Ozarks region of Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. The findings indicate that the morale of the poor was lower than…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Background
Wolman, Jean M.; And Others – 1972
Twenty-one appendices to the final report of "A Comparative Study of Proprietary and Non-Proprietary Vocational Training Programs" comprise this volume. The appendices are as follows: (A) Eligible Training Programs; (B) Student Questionnaire; (C) Administrator's Guide; (D) Alumni Questionnaire; (E) Interview Record Form; (F) Introductory…
Descriptors: Alumni, Career Change, Comparative Analysis, Correlation
Spencer, Anne; And Others – Coombe Lodge Report, 1987
This report examines the issue of sexual discrimination within British higher education and argues that further and higher educational services as a whole are discriminatory environments for women. The report's first section involves interviews with six women who had achieved notable success in the field of further and higher education management.…
Descriptors: College Administration, Comparative Analysis, Educational Administration, Educational Legislation
Peng, Samuel S.; And Others – 1977
A group of high school self-reported dropouts and a group of simulated high school dropouts were compared with graduates in their participation rates, efforts required for data collection, and the overall quality of their responses in the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972. The results indicate that dropouts are less…
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Dropouts
Hoffman, Lee McGraw; Levine, Roger – 1991
As a step in considering the addition of dropout statistics to the Common Core of Data (CCD) collected by the National Center for Education Statistics, telephone and personal interviews about the feasibility of implementing a standard national dropout statistics collection were conducted. Interviews were held from May through September of 1990…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Agency Role, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection
Bassis, Michael; And Others – 1976
Differences in Iowa Tests of Basic Skills scores were compared between Rhode Island fourth and eighth graders, and between parochial and public school students. This final report is organized in four major sections, plus appendices. The interviewing component activities are described in the first section, and clustered under six areas: convening…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Age Differences, Basic Skills