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Gibbs, Benjamin G.; Shafer, Kevin; Miles, Aaron – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2017
While the use of inferential statistics is a nearly universal practice in the social sciences, there are instances where its application is unnecessary and potentially misleading. This is true for a portion of research using administrative data in educational research in the United States. Surveying all research articles using administrative data…
Descriptors: Statistical Inference, Statistics, Data, Information Utilization
Bembenutty, Hefer – Journal of Advanced Academics, 2011
This article presents an interview with David Rindskopf, a Distinguished Professor of Educational Psychology and Psychology at the City University of New York Graduate Center, where he has taught since 1979. His research and teaching are in the area of applied statistics, measurement, and research design. He is a fellow of the American Statistical…
Descriptors: Research Design, Educational Research, Educational Psychology, Experimental Psychology
Shaughnessy, Michael – National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2008
Until recently, much of the research on students' understanding of statistical ideas has focused on their conceptions of center or on what constitutes a good sample. In the past decade research on students' statistical thinking has broadened and increasing interest has been paid to how students think about variability in data or variability in…
Descriptors: Statistics, Statistical Data, Data Interpretation, Sampling
Beins, Bernard C. – 1991
A study investigated the effect of writing in statistics classes on students' interpretation skills (translating the results of data analysis into verbal interpretations that are accessible to non-statisticians). One hundred twenty-two students in three statistics classes received either low, moderate, or high instructional emphasis in…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Data Interpretation, Educational Research, Higher Education

Bohmer, Susanne K. – Feminist Teacher, 1989
Addresses the problem in an introductory women's studies course of student resistance to generalizing statements that document inequality in society. Discusses a presentation made to the class on the importance of generalizations in understanding sociological and political research findings, including statistics. Maintains that objections to…
Descriptors: Bias, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Data Interpretation