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Barratt, Monica J.; Ferris, Jason A.; Lenton, Simon – Field Methods, 2015
Online purposive samples have unknown biases and may not strictly be used to make inferences about wider populations, yet such inferences continue to occur. We compared the demographic and drug use characteristics of Australian ecstasy users from a probability (National Drug Strategy Household Survey, n = 726) and purposive sample (online survey…
Descriptors: Sampling, Validity, Drug Abuse, Probability
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Brett, Zoe H.; Sheridan, Margaret; Humphreys, Kate; Smyke, Anna; Gleason, Mary Margaret; Fox, Nathan; Zeanah, Charles; Nelson, Charles; Drury, Stacy – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2015
An individual's neurodevelopmental and cognitive sequelae to negative early experiences may, in part, be explained by genetic susceptibility. We examined whether extreme differences in the early caregiving environment, defined as exposure to severe psychosocial deprivation associated with institutional care compared to normative rearing,…
Descriptors: Genetics, Institutionalized Persons, Residential Care, Cognitive Processes
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Varzande, Mohsen; Jadidi, Esmaeil – English Language Teaching, 2015
Translators differ from each other in many ways in terms of their knowledge and professional conditions that may directly influence their translation. The present study aimed at investigating the impact of translators' academic experience on their translation quality. Following a "causal-comparative study", a sample of 100 male and…
Descriptors: Translation, Educational Attainment, Educational Quality, Sampling
Swanson, David; And Others – Small Town, 1995
Increasingly, unpopular facilities are sited in sparsely populated areas for which data are unavailable. The Local Expert Procedure (LEP) estimates selected demographic characteristics of small, rural areas by combining the housing unit method of population estimation with random sampling and key informant ethnography. Factors affecting the…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Demography, Maximum Likelihood Statistics, Measurement Techniques
Current Population Reports, 1988
This report based on the March 1985 supplement to the Current Population Survey presents demographic, social, and economic data on the Hispanic population in the United States, and focuses on social and economic changes between 1982 and 1985. The Hispanic civilian noninstitutional population in March 1985 totaled about 17 million, a 17% increase…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Cubans, Demography, Educational Attainment
Current Population Reports, 1988
This advance report based on the March 1988 supplement to the Current Population Survey (CPS) presents preliminary data on selected demographic, social, and economic characteristics of the Hispanic population of the United States. The Hispanic civilian noninstitutional population in March 1988 totaled about 19.4 million, a 34% increase since 1980;…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Cubans, Demography, Educational Attainment