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Peer reviewedErickson, Frederick; Gutierrez, Kris – Educational Researcher, 2002
Asserts that both the Feuer, Towne, and Shavelson article on scientific culture and educational research and the recent National Research Council (NRC) report must be understood in the context of current federal discourse focused on experimentally derived causal explanations of educational program effectiveness. Notes that the NRC report risks…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Definitions, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedKatz, Richard S.; Eagles, Munroe – PS: Political Science and Politics, 1996
Constructs a model that explains a large fraction of the variance in political science departmental rankings. Divides the objective predictors into two sets: one reflecting faculty quality ratings of department members, the other the effects of circumstances beyond a department's control. This model works well with most social science disciplines.…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Analysis of Variance, Causal Models, Credentials
