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Stanley, T. D.; Doucouliagos, Hristos – Research Synthesis Methods, 2023
Partial correlation coefficients are often used as effect sizes in the meta-analysis and systematic review of multiple regression analysis research results. There are two well-known formulas for the variance and thereby for the standard error (SE) of partial correlation coefficients (PCC). One is considered the "correct" variance in the…
Descriptors: Correlation, Statistical Bias, Error Patterns, Error Correction
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Ederer, Peer; Nedelkoska, Ljubica; Patt, Alexander; Castellazzi, Silvia – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2015
We estimate the market value that employers assign to the complex problem solving (CPS) skills of their employees, using individual-level Mincer-style wage regressions. For the purpose of the study, we collected new and unique data using psychometric measures of CPS and an extensive background questionnaire on employees' personal and work history.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Participative Decision Making, Employers, Wages
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Bedel, Emine Ferda – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2016
This study is designed to explore academic motivation, academic self-efficacy and attitudes toward teaching in pre-service early childhood education teachers and to investigate the relationships among those variables. Data were gathered through questionnaires administered to 251 pre-service early childhood education teachers. Results indicated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Student Motivation, Self Efficacy
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Nag, Sonali; Snowling, Margaret; Quinlan, Philip; Hulme, Charles – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2014
In Kannada, visual features are arranged in blocks called "akshara," making this a visually more complex writing system than typical alphabetic orthographies. Akshara knowledge was assessed concurrently and 8 months later in 113 children in the first years of reading instruction (aged 4-7 years). Mixed effects logistic regression models…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Alphabets, Orthographic Symbols, Regression (Statistics)
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Soria, Krista M.; Stubblefield, Robin – Journal of College Student Development, 2015
Strengths-based approaches are flourishing across hundreds of higher education institutions as student affairs practitioners and educators seek to leverage students' natural talents so they can reach "previously unattained levels of personal excellence" (Lopez & Louis, 2009, p. 2). Even amid the growth of strengths-based approaches…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Academic Persistence, Correlation, Online Surveys
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Simsek, Omer; Yazar, Taha – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2016
Problem Statement: The educational technology standards for teachers set by the International Society for Technology in Education (the ISTE Standards-T) represent an important framework for using technology effectively in teaching and learning processes. These standards are widely used by universities, educational institutions, and schools. The…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Self Efficacy, Validity, Reliability
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Griffith, G. M.; Barbakou, A.; Hastings, R. P. – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2014
Background: Little is known about the work-related well-being of applied behaviour analysis (ABA) therapists who work in school-based contexts and deliver ABA interventions to children with autism. Methods: A questionnaire on work-related stress (burnout), general distress, perceived supervisor support and coping was completed by 45 ABA therapists…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Coping, Autism, Burnout
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Weng, Cathy; Weng, Apollo; Tsai, Kevin – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2014
The primary purpose of this study was to uncover determines of students' intention to adopt online teaching evaluation at the end of semester by proposing a research model based on the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB). The second purpose was to investigate the efficacy of the theory for predicting such intention. Besides users' attitude and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Questionnaires, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance
Boyajian, Jonathan – Online Submission, 2011
This conference presentation reviews the authors' work on autocorrelations in single-case designs. The bias-corrected autocorrelation is computed, results are meta-analyzed with 5-level multilevel analysis in SAS Proc Mixed. Results suggest autocorrelations are normally distributed, and that taking into account nesting in outcomes and articles…
Descriptors: Correlation, Research Design, Meta Analysis, Statistical Distributions
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Bessudnov, Alexey; Makarov, Alexey – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2015
Gender differences in mathematical performance have received considerable scrutiny in the fields of sociology, economics and psychology. We analyse a large data-set of high school graduates who took a standardised mathematical test in Russia in 2011 (n = 738,456) and find no substantial difference in mean test scores across boys and girls.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Mathematics Achievement, Performance Based Assessment
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Yoleri, Sibel – Education, 2013
This research is conducted to examine the predictor effects the behavior problem level has on the school adjustment variable. With this objective, the sample research group consists of 136 children (having normal growth) between 5-6 years old attending preschools affiliated with the Ministry of National Education, and located in the city centre of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Predictor Variables, Behavior Problems
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Curran-Everett, Douglas – Advances in Physiology Education, 2011
Learning about statistics is a lot like learning about science: the learning is more meaningful if you can actively explore. This seventh installment of "Explorations in Statistics" explores regression, a technique that estimates the nature of the relationship between two things for which we may only surmise a mechanistic or predictive…
Descriptors: Regression (Statistics), Statistics, Models, Correlation
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Yli-Piipari, Sami; Kokkonen, Juha – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2014
The study examined the role of motivation in students' performance and engagement in elementary and middle school physical education. Cross-lagged relationships between performance and engagement were investigated across Grades 6-9. A total of 763 (365 girls, 398 boys) Finnish school students (11- to 12-year old) were followed across three years.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Expectation
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Brown, Theresa C.; Fry, Mary D. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2014
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the association between members' perceptions of staff's behaviors, motivational climate, their own behaviors, commitment to future exercise, and life satisfaction in a group-fitness setting. The theory-driven hypothesized mediating role of perceptions of the climate was also tested.…
Descriptors: Physical Fitness, National Surveys, Clubs, Group Membership
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Bojczyk, Kathryn E.; Rogers-Haverback, Heather; Pae, Hye; Davis, Anna E.; Mason, Rihana S. – Early Child Development and Care, 2015
Children from different backgrounds have disparate access to cultural capital, which may influence their academic success. The purpose of this study was to examine the links between family background, home literacy experiences, and emergent literacy skills among preschoolers enrolled in Head Start programmes. The background characteristics studied…
Descriptors: Cultural Capital, Family Characteristics, Emergent Literacy, Family Environment
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