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Gilmore, Devin; Kuperminc, Gabriel P. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2014
Longitudinal substance abuse research has often been compromised by high rates of attrition, thought to be the result of the lifestyle that often accompanies addiction. Several studies have used strategies including collection of locator information at the baseline assessment, verification of the information, and interim contacts prior to…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Substance Abuse, Models, Attrition (Research Studies)
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Kalita, Jumi; Sarmah, Pranita – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2012
It is estimated that of approximately 150-250 million children with disabilities across the world, a large number have difficulties related to problems in the central nervous system (CNS). This paper considers school dropout rates of children with special educational needs associated with CNS problems from a study of educational institutions in…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Dropout Rate, Disabilities, Foreign Countries
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Nicholls, Miles G. – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2007
In this paper, absorbing markov chains are used to analyse the flows of higher degree by research candidates (doctoral and master) within an Australian faculty of business. The candidates are analysed according to whether they are full time or part time. The need for such analysis stemmed from what appeared to be a rather poor completion rate (as…
Descriptors: Probability, Databases, Markov Processes, Student Characteristics