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Mustian, R. David. – Evaluation Practice, 1996
The major focus of this monograph is on statistical tools that aim to facilitate the description and explanation of social phenomena. The basics of data gathering are presented, and a number of major topics in data analysis are reviewed. A major contribution is the treatment of methodological issues. (SLD)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Hypothesis Testing, Research Methodology
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Holian, John – Evaluation Practice, 1996
Describes record linkage as a data-generating technique, and presents a method for linking client records to live and stillbirth records, using 32,974 births in the Cleveland (Ohio) area. Biases that can enter the linkage process and general research issues related to record linkage are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Birth, Case Records, Data Collection, Recordkeeping
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Beer, Valorie; Jensen, Anne Marie S. – Evaluation Practice, 1991
Hypertextual ways to think about evaluation are explored, and hypertext computer programs are discussed. Hypertext is useful as a way to search out and link related material. It can help maintain, manipulate, and analyze nonnumerical evaluation data. (SLD)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Data Analysis, Educational Assessment
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Berk, Richard A. – Evaluation Practice, 1994
Three trends that are projected for the future of evaluation are greater use of evaluation research in litigation; increasing integration of the social and natural sciences for certain kinds of evaluation research; and a move away from conventional statistics toward data analysis. (SLD)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Data Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Research