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Heyvaert, Mieke; Wendt, Oliver; Van den Noortgate, Wim; Onghena, Patrick – Journal of Special Education, 2015
Reporting standards and critical appraisal tools serve as beacons for researchers, reviewers, and research consumers. Parallel to existing guidelines for researchers to report and evaluate group-comparison studies, single-case experimental (SCE) researchers are in need of guidelines for reporting and evaluating SCE studies. A systematic search was…
Descriptors: Standards, Research Methodology, Comparative Analysis, Experiments
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Mayton, Michael R.; Wheeler, John J.; Menendez, Anthony L.; Zhang, Jie – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2010
Horner et al. (2005) present a review substantiating how single-subject research methodology can be utilized to determine whether interventions are evidence-based practices (EBPs). The current study utilized the Horner et al. research piece to: (a) systematically identify a set of quality standards for the evaluation of single-case research…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Autism, Research Methodology, Validity
Aas, Gro Hanne; Askling, Berit; Dittrich, Karl; Froestad, Wenche; Haug, Peder; Lycke, Kirsten Hofgaard; Moitus, Sirpa; Pyykko, Riitta; Sorskar, Anne Karine – ENQA (European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education), 2009
This report is a product of an European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) Workshop "Assessing educational quality: Knowledge production and the role of experts" hosted by the Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (NOKUT) in Oslo in February, 2008. The workshop gathered representatives from higher…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Quality, Quality Control, Workshops
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Berk, Richard A. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1982
The dilemma inherent in formal standards results from the tension between maintaining quality control and constraining creativity. This dilemma is nowhere more apparent than in matters of method: measurement, sampling, research design, and statistical analysis. The author offers suggestions for revision of the standards to allow for specific…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Improvement, Innovation, Program Evaluation
Crandall, Richard C. – 1982
There has recently been a tremendous increase in the quantity of research published in gerontology. While the increase in the quantity of research has been regarded positively by gerontologists, there has been little discussion or evaluation of the quality of the research. Two articles that appeared in 1975 were both very critical of…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Gerontology, Older Adults, Quality Control
Donabedian, Avedis – 1978
In this paper the author assesses the state-of-the-art on quality assessment and monitoring of medical care and makes recommendations for needed research in this area. Following a brief introduction, the content is presented in two sections. The first, providing a frame of reference, covers definitions; quality assessment and program evaluation;…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Evaluation Criteria, Measurement Techniques, Medical Care Evaluation
Faulkner, Jane B. – 2002
Institutional accreditation is a voluntary, non-governmental activity administered by the eight postsecondary accrediting institutions that are part of the six regional associations that serve colleges and universities in the United States. The author cites W. Edwards Deming's work on corporate quality improvement, and its applicability to…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Community Colleges, Educational Research, Institutional Administration
Queeney, Donna S.; And Others – 1981
This report is the most current installment in the series on professional and occupational practice requirements in the state of Pennsylvania. It is part of a study of licensing and continuing education requirements of 75 occupations. All information on the professions and occupations addressed earlier has been revised as necessary to reflect…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Certification, Continuing Education, Credentials
Suelzle, Marijean; And Others – 1980
Research and instructional role strains are identified, based on the use of large-scale mail surveys for college self-study that are used to teach introductory research methodology. The two organizational hierarchies, the research model and the instructional model, are examined. Experiences at Northwestern University, Northeastern Illinois…
Descriptors: Accountability, Case Studies, College Administration, College Faculty