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Rutkowski, Leslie; Rutkowski, David – Educational Researcher, 2016
In the current article, we consider the influential position of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and discuss several methodological areas that demonstrate the need for caution when using and interpreting PISA results. We motivate our argument by briefly describing the program's increased influence in educational policy…
Descriptors: International Assessment, Outcome Measures, Data Interpretation, Research Reports
Paris, Scott G.; Luo, Serena Wenshu – Educational Researcher, 2010
The National Early Literacy Panel (2008) report identified early predictors of reading achievement as good targets for instruction, and many of those skills are related to decoding. In this article, the authors suggest that the developmental trajectories of rapidly developing skills pose problems for traditional statistical analyses. Rapidly…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Effect Size, Emergent Literacy, Data Interpretation
Kano, Megumi; Franke, Todd; Afifi, Abdelmonem A.; Bourque, Linda B. – Educational Researcher, 2008
To ensure accurate interpretation of research findings, researchers should report details about their research design, data collection method, and response rates when presenting findings from survey research. A review of 100 peer-reviewed articles reporting the results of survey research on K-12 schools with principals as the designated…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, School Surveys, Mail Surveys, Case Studies

Howe, Kenneth R. – Educational Researcher, 1985
In educational research, rigid distinctions between the relative merits of quantitative research often rest on positivistic dogma. In contrast, post-positivistic thought eliminates the intractable problem engendered by positivistic epistemology of a forced choice between value-laden and value-free research methods. (KH)
Descriptors: Bias, Data Interpretation, Educational Research, Inferences

Peshkin, Alan – Educational Researcher, 1993
Dismissing research that is not theory driven, hypothesis testing, or generalization producing does injustice to the variety of contributions that qualitative research can make. Studies conducted through qualitative approaches are reviewed to summarize the desirable outcomes that can result. No research model has a monopoly on quality. (SLD)
Descriptors: Data Interpretation, Educational Research, Evaluation Methods, Generalization