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Michael Schultz – Sociological Methods & Research, 2024
This paper presents a model of recurrent multinomial sequences. Though there exists a quite considerable literature on modeling autocorrelation in numerical data and sequences of categorical outcomes, there is currently no systematic method of modeling patterns of recurrence in categorical sequences. This paper develops a means of discovering…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Sequential Approach, Models, Markov Processes
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Alrik Thiem; Lusine Mkrtchyan – Field Methods, 2024
Qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) is an empirical research method that has gained some popularity in the social sciences. At the same time, the literature has long been convinced that QCA is prone to committing causal fallacies when confronted with non-causal data. More specifically, beyond a certain case-to-factor ratio, the method is…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Comparative Analysis, Research Methodology, Benchmarking
Blake H. Heller; Carly D. Robinson – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
Quasi-experimental methods are a cornerstone of applied social science, providing critical answers to causal questions that inform policy and practice. Although open science principles have influenced experimental research norms across the social sciences, these practices are rarely implemented in quasi-experimental research. In this paper, we…
Descriptors: Social Science Research, Research Methodology, Quasiexperimental Design, Scientific Principles
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Avi Feller; Maia C. Connors; Christina Weiland; John Q. Easton; Stacy B. Ehrlich; John Francis; Sarah E. Kabourek; Diana Leyva; Anna Shapiro; Gloria Yeomans-Maldonado – Grantee Submission, 2024
One part of COVID-19's staggering impact on education has been to suspend or fundamentally alter ongoing education research projects. This article addresses how to analyze the simple but fundamental example of a multi-cohort study in which student assessment data for the final cohort are missing because schools were closed, learning was virtual,…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Kindergarten, Preschool Children
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Kenneth A. Frank; Qinyun Lin; Spiro J. Maroulis – Grantee Submission, 2024
In the complex world of educational policy, causal inferences will be debated. As we review non-experimental designs in educational policy, we focus on how to clarify and focus the terms of debate. We begin by presenting the potential outcomes/counterfactual framework and then describe approximations to the counterfactual generated from the…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Statistical Inference, Observation, Educational Policy