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Yan Xia; Selim Havan – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2024
Although parallel analysis has been found to be an accurate method for determining the number of factors in many conditions with complete data, its application under missing data is limited. The existing literature recommends that, after using an appropriate multiple imputation method, researchers either apply parallel analysis to every imputed…
Descriptors: Data Interpretation, Factor Analysis, Statistical Inference, Research Problems
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Abulela, Mohammed A. A.; Harwell, Michael M. – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2020
Data analysis is a significant methodological component when conducting quantitative education studies. Guidelines for conducting data analyses in quantitative education studies are common but often underemphasize four important methodological components impacting the validity of inferences: quality of constructed measures, proper handling of…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Researchers, Novices, Data Analysis
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Soysal, Sumeyra; Karaman, Haydar; Dogan, Nuri – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2018
Purpose of the Study: Missing data are a common problem encountered while implementing measurement instruments. Yet the extent to which reliability, validity, average discrimination and difficulty of the test results are affected by the missing data has not been studied much. Since it is inevitable that missing data have an impact on the…
Descriptors: Sample Size, Data Analysis, Research Problems, Error of Measurement
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Weinbaum, Rebecca K.; Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J. – Journal of Educational Issues, 2016
In most qualitative research studies involving the creation of interview transcriptions, researchers seldom demonstrate much reflexivity about the transcription process, rarely making mention of transcription processes as part of their reporting of data collection and analysis procedures beyond a simple statement that audio- or videotaped data…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Analysis, Qualitative Research, Transcripts (Written Records)
Marie-Louise Mares; Zhongdang Pan – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2016
Staff members at Sesame Workshop asked us to conduct a meta-analysis of their proprietary evaluation research on the effects of viewing international versions of "Sesame Street." Given global crises in early childhood education, and given the wide reach of "Sesame Street," it was of considerable interest to us whether there…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Children, Educational Television, Case Studies
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Brodeur, Pascale; Larose, Simon; Tarabulsy, George; Feng, Bei; Forget-Dubois, Nadine – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2015
Researchers suggest that certain supportive behaviors of mentors could increase the benefits of school-based mentoring for youth. However, the literature contains few validated instruments to measure these behaviors. In our present study, we aimed to construct and validate a tool to measure the supportive behaviors of mentors participating in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mentors, Motivation, College Students
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Wester, Kelly L.; Borders, L. DiAnne; Boul, Steven; Horton, Evette – Journal of Counseling & Development, 2013
The purpose of this study was to examine the quality of quantitative articles published in the "Journal of Counseling & Development." Quality concerns arose in regard to omissions of psychometric information of instruments, effect sizes, and statistical power. Type VI and II errors were found. Strengths included stated research…
Descriptors: Periodicals, Journal Articles, Counseling, Research
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Sangasubana, Nisaratana – Qualitative Report, 2011
The purpose of this paper is to describe the process of conducting ethnographic research. Methodology definition and key characteristics are given. The stages of the research process are described including preparation, data gathering and recording, and analysis. Important issues such as reliability and validity are also discussed.
Descriptors: Student Research, Ethnography, Research Methodology, Data Analysis
Lee, Jaekyung – Education and the Public Interest Center, 2010
The Education Trust research report "Stuck Schools" suggests a framework for identifying chronically low-performing schools in need of turnaround. The study uses Maryland and Indiana to show that some low-performing schools make progress while others remain stagnant. The report has four serious problems of reliability and validity,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Improvement, Identification, Data Analysis
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Wachs, Theodore D. – Child Development, 1987
This study of the stability of parent behaviors toward toddlers over a 3-week period used both aggregated and nonaggregated data. Comparison of stability correlations indicated higher stabilities for aggregated scores, with the level of stability increasing as scores from additional single sessions were aggregated. (PCB)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Infants, Parent Child Relationship, Parents
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Stock, William A.; And Others – Educational Researcher, 1982
Describes a study of reliability among coders of information for meta-analysis (a quantitative procedure for synthesizing data in primary research reports) of research on life satisfaction in American adults. Identifies sources and areas of disagreement among coders and discusses measures that can be used to enhance intercoder consistency.…
Descriptors: Classification, Correlation, Data Analysis, Experimenter Characteristics
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Dijkers, Marcel P. J. M.; Creighton, Cynthia L. – Occupational Therapy Journal of Research, 1994
Presents general principles for cleaning data sets. Suggests techniques: check for column shifts, data completeness, marginal frequencies, and selected cross-tabulations; examines a sample of cases. Gives strategies for preventing data processing errors. (SK)
Descriptors: Coding, Data Analysis, Educational Research, Error of Measurement
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Furlong, Michael J.; Wampold, Bruce E. – Psychology in the Schools, 1981
To guide the unbiased process of visual inference, a four-step model is presented for the assessment of reliability, intervention effect, meaningfulness, and generalizability. A Visual Inference Checklist (VIC) systematizes this assessment process. (Author)
Descriptors: Bias, Data Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Identification
Collins, Linda M.; Dent, Clyde W. – 1985
Because health behavior is often concerned with dynamic constructs, a longitudinal approach to measurement is needed. The Longitudinal Guttman Simplex (LGS) is a measurement model developed especially for dynamic constructs exhibiting cumulative, unitary development measured longitudinally. Data from the Television Smoking Prevention Project, a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Data Analysis, Drug Abuse, Health Behavior
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Gorsuch, Richard L.; And Others – Child Development, 1972
In research with children, there is a common problem which could reduce the reliability of a questionnaire for some children but not others: verbal comprehension. (Authors)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Grade 4, Grade 5, Item Analysis
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