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Luke Keele; Matthew Lenard; Lindsay Page – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2021
In education settings, treatments are often non-randomly assigned to clusters, such as schools or classrooms, while outcomes are measured for students. This research design is called the clustered observational study (COS). We examine the consequences of common support violations in the COS context. Common support violations occur when the…
Descriptors: Cluster Grouping, Educational Environment, Outcomes of Treatment, Compliance (Psychology)
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Creamer, Elizabeth G.; Edwards, Cherie D. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
This research aims to make a methodological contribution to the mixed methods literature by investigating the value-added of empirical studies that are explicitly framed with the purpose of interrogating divergent findings. Case studies introduce the role philosophical paradigms can play in reconciliation process and reveal the potential to…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Research Design, Case Studies, Research Problems
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Sutrisno, Agustian; Nguyen, Nga Thanh; Tangen, Donna – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2014
Cross-language qualitative research in education continues to increase. However, there has been inadequate discussion in the literature concerning the translation process that ensures research trustworthiness applicable for bilingual researchers. Informed by the literature on evaluation criteria for qualitative data translation, this paper…
Descriptors: Translation, Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Bilingualism
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Smith, Nick L. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1990
A meta-analysis combining expert evaluation with naturalistic case study methods indicates that such investigations must use special methods to render evaluative judgments of worth. It is demonstrated that descriptive, interpretive, and evaluative aspects of such a study must be combined to yield justifiable conclusions. (TJH)
Descriptors: Aboriginal Australians, Case Studies, Data Interpretation, Meta Analysis
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Strain, Phillip S.; Kohler, Frank W.; Gresham, Frank – Behavioral Disorders, 1998
Discusses logic and interpretation problems inherent in doing quantitative syntheses of single-case research. Addresses the meta-analytic method of using percentage of nonoverlapping data, highlighting special concerns related to withdrawal designs, sensitivity to variability in behavior, social significance of behavior change, and variables that…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Case Studies, Data Interpretation, Elementary Secondary Education
Graue, M. Elizabeth; Walsh, Daniel J.; Ceglowski, Deborah; Dyson, Anne Hass; Fernie, David E.; Kantor, Rebecca; Leavitt, Robin Lynn; Miller, Peggy J.; Ting, Hsueh-Yin – 1998
Studying or finding out about children is exceptionally difficult--intellectually, physically, and emotionally. Physical, social, cognitive, and political distances between adult and the child make their relationship very different from the relationships among adults. This book explains the art and science of doing qualitative research involving…
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Case Studies, Children, Context Effect