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Reporting Errors in Studies of the Diagnostic Performance of Self-Administered Questionnaires: Extent of the Problem, Recommendations for Standardized Presentation of Results, and Implications for the Peer Review Process.

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Kessel, Julie B.; Zimmerman, Mark – Psychological Assessment, 1993

To investigate mistakes in the reporting of diagnostic efficiency statistics, all studies of the diagnostic performance of self-report scales in two psychological journals published between 1980 and 1991 were reviewed. Of 26 relevant studies, 9 had an error in calculation of diagnostic efficiency. Implications are discussed. (SLD)

Descriptors: Computation, Diagnostic Tests, Error Patterns, Literature Reviews

Information Processing Interpretation of Errors in College Science Learning.

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Fisher, K. M.; Lipson, Joseph I. – Instructional Science, 1985

Summarizes information processing models of the mind based on a literature review; describes a prototypical model of college learning; examines links between mental models and cognitive errors; reviews cognitive science students; and identifies six factors contributing to cognitive error production. (104 references) (Author/MBR)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Error Patterns, Higher Education

Common Methodology Mistakes in Dissertations, Revisited.

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Thompson, Bruce – 1994

Dissertations are an important component of the effort to generate knowledge. Thus, dissertation quality may be seen by accreditation and coordinating-board reviewers as a noteworthy reflection on the quality of doctoral programs themselves. The present study reviews methodological errors within Ph.D. dissertations. The illustrative errors are…

Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Case Studies, Doctoral Dissertations, Error Patterns