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The Survey--A Research Strategy Rediscovered.
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Butts, David P. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1983
Basic characteristics of survey as a research study are discussed. Issues associated with survey research, potential uses of survey research as a strategy in science education, and potential problems jeopardizing survey studies are also discussed. (JN)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Error of Measurement, Research Design, Research Methodology
Reasoning from Data: How Students Collect and Interpret Data in Science Investigations
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Kanari, Zoe; Millar, Robin – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2004
This study explored the understandings of data and measurement that school students draw upon, and the ways that they reason from data, when carrying out a practical science inquiry task. The two practical tasks used in the study each involved investigations of the relationships between two independent variables (IVs) and a dependent variable…
Descriptors: Science Education, Investigations, Error of Measurement, Mathematics Achievement