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Namey, Emily; Guest, Greg; McKenna, Kevin; Chen, Mario – American Journal of Evaluation, 2016
Evaluators often use qualitative research methods, yet there is little evidence on the comparative cost-effectiveness of the two most commonly employed qualitative methods--in-depth interviews (IDIs) and focus groups (FGs). We performed an inductive thematic analysis of data from 40 IDIs and 40 FGs on the health-seeking behaviors of African…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Comparative Analysis, Interviews, Focus Groups
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Pfannkuch, Maxine; Arnold, Pip; Wild, Chris J. – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2015
Currently, instruction pays little attention to the development of students' sampling variability reasoning in relation to statistical inference. In this paper, we briefly discuss the especially designed sampling variability learning experiences students aged about 15 engaged in as part of a research project. We examine assessment and…
Descriptors: Statistical Inference, Statistical Analysis, Sampling, Interviews
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Noll, Jennifer; Shaughnessy, J. Michael – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 2012
Sampling tasks and sampling distributions provide a fertile realm for investigating students' conceptions of variability. A project-designed teaching episode on samples and sampling distributions was team-taught in 6 research classrooms (2 middle school and 4 high school) by the investigators and regular classroom mathematics teachers. Data…
Descriptors: Sampling, Mathematics Teachers, Middle Schools, High Schools