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Prior Learning Assessment Portfolio Completion: Improved Outcomes at a Public Institution
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Rust, Dianna Z.; Ikard, William L. – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2016
Prior learning assessment (PLA) is the process of evaluating learning, regardless of when or where the learning occurred, and, if the learning is at the college level, awarding college credit to the possessor of that learning. This article provides an overview of the PLA program at a large public U.S. institution and presents the findings of the…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Public Colleges, Higher Education, Outcomes of Education
Linked Raters Judgments: A More Sensitive Index of Change.
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Howard, George S.; Maxwell, Scott E. – Evaluation Review, 1982
The linked judgments approach is offered as a potential solution to problems of statistical conclusion validity when judges' ratings are employed in pretest-posttest designs. (Author/GK)
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Assertiveness, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods
The Importance of Considering Alternative Structural Equation Models in Evaluation Research.
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Hays, Ron D.; White, Ken – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1987
An article was published in the December 1985 issue of this journal that used LISREL to investigate the relationship between family medicine residents' moral reasoning and their clinical performance (Sheehan). The data from that study are reanalyzed to illustrate the importance of considering alternative structural equation models in evaluation…
Descriptors: Goodness of Fit, Graduate Medical Students, Higher Education, Hypothesis Testing
Framework for Designing Sampling Programs.
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Maher, W. A.; And Others – Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 1994
Presents a general framework for designing sampling programs that ensure cost effectiveness, and managed errors kept within known and acceptable limits. (LZ)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Environmental Education, Environmental Research, Error of Measurement
Pattern Matching, Validity, and Conceptualization in Program Evaluation,
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Trochim, Wilham M. K. – Evaluation Review, 1985
Two quasiexperimental designs--nonequivalent dependent variable and reversed treatment designs--illustrate pattern matching logic as a basis for evaluation, examining college health services. Three pattern matches are significant: (1) program pattern match indicates implementation; (2) measurement match assesses test validity; and (3) effect…
Descriptors: Cluster Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Hypothesis Testing
Ranking Political Science Programs: A View from the Lower Half.
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Katz, 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
Rating the Rating: An Analysis of the National Research Council's Appraisal of Political Science Ph.D. Programs.
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Jackman, Robert W.; Siverson, Randolph M. – PS: Political Science and Politics, 1996
Analyzes the National Research Council's rating of political science departments and discovers the ratings reflect two general sets of characteristics, the size and productivity of the faculty. Reveals that the quality and impact of faculty research is more important than the overall output. Includes tables of statistical data. (MJP)
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Analysis of Variance, Credentials, Departments