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Ella Patrona; John Ferron; Arnold Olszewski; Elizabeth Kelley; Howard Goldstein – Grantee Submission, 2022
Purpose: Systematic reviews of literature are routinely conducted to identify practices that are effective in addressing educational and clinical problems. One complication, however, is how best to combine data from both group experimental design (GED) studies and single-case experimental design (SCED) studies. Percent of Goal Obtained (PoGO) has…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Vocabulary Development, Intervention, Error of Measurement
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Shephard, Roy J. – Canadian Journal on Aging, 1990
Measurement of physical activity patterns is discussed in terms of data obtained by attitude assessment, activity questionnaires, personal monitoring devices, and fitness assessment. Problems of each technique are described. Application of activity measures to the estimation of total dietary needs is discussed. (SK)
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Measurement Techniques, Nutrition, Older Adults
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Bound, John; Solon, Gary – Economics of Education Review, 1999
Summarizes the literature on twins-based estimations of schooling returns. Examines implications of endogenous determination of which twin goes to school longer and of measuring schooling with error. Twin-based estimation may complement other methodologies, but is vulnerable to the same inconsistency that afflicts conventional cross-sectional…
Descriptors: Ability, Education Work Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education, Error of Measurement
Gillmore, Gerald M. – New Directions for Testing and Measurement, 1983
The unique conceptual framework and language of generalizability theory are presented. While this chapter is relevant to any area in which generalizability theory is applicable, it emphasizes evaluation research, and most examples come from that area. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Analysis of Variance, Decision Making, Error of Measurement
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Hanna, Gerald S.; And Others – Journal of School Psychology, 1981
Discusses four ubiquitous major sources of measurement error for individual intelligence scales. Argues that where these sources cannot be directly investigated, they should be estimated rather than ignored. Estimated the typical magnitude of error arising from each of content sampling, time sampling, scoring, and administration. (Author)
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Intelligence Tests, Measurement Techniques, Sampling
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Chatterjee, Sangit; Yilmaz, Mustafa – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1992
The importance of regression diagnostics in detecting influential data points is discussed, and five statistics are recommended for the applied researcher. The suggested diagnostics were used on a dataset of 24 subjects, and effects were analyzed. Colinearity-based diagnostics and diagnostics for a variety of procedures are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Diagnostic Tests, Equations (Mathematics), Error of Measurement
Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health, 2006
"Data Trends" reports present summaries of research on mental health services for children and adolescents and their families. The article summarized in this "Data Trends" examines the equivalence of the BPI [Behavior Problem Index] across a sample of African American, Hispanic, and non-Hispanic White children drawn from the…
Descriptors: Measurement Techniques, Child Health, Ethnic Groups, Error of Measurement
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Kraemer, Helena Chmura – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1981
A broad range of strategies in sampling, measurement, design, execution, implementation, and analysis are examined. Specific strategies are suggested that tend to be successful in the real world of psychiatric clinical research. (Author)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Clinical Psychology, Data Analysis, Error of Measurement
Schulz, Wolfram – Online Submission, 2005
One of the consistent findings of educational research studies is the effect of the students' family socio-economic background on their learning achievement. Consequently, international comparative studies emphasis the role of socio-economic background for determining learning outcomes. In particular, PISA results have been used to describe how…
Descriptors: Measurement Techniques, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Family Environment