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Zapata, Zakry; Sedory, Stephen A.; Singh, Sarjinder – Sociological Methods & Research, 2022
In this article, we consider the use of the zero-truncated binomial distribution as a randomization device while estimating the population proportion of a sensitive characteristic. The resultant new estimator based on the zero-truncated binomial distribution is then compared to its competitors from both the efficiency and the protection point of…
Descriptors: Social Science Research, Research Methodology, Comparative Analysis, Statistical Analysis
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Suyoung Kim; Sooyong Lee; Jiwon Kim; Tiffany A. Whittaker – Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2024
This study aims to address a gap in the social and behavioral sciences literature concerning interaction effects between latent factors in multiple-group analysis. By comparing two approaches for estimating latent interactions within multiple-group analysis frameworks using simulation studies and empirical data, we assess their relative merits.…
Descriptors: Social Science Research, Behavioral Sciences, Structural Equation Models, Statistical Analysis
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Elbers, Benjamin – Sociological Methods & Research, 2023
An important topic in the study of segregation are comparisons across space and time. This article extends current approaches in segregation measurement by presenting a five-term decomposition procedure that can be used to understand more clearly why segregation has changed or differs between two comparison points. Two of the five terms account…
Descriptors: Social Science Research, School Segregation, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Residential Patterns
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Chattoe-Brown, Edmund – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2021
This article demonstrates how a technique called Agent-Based Modelling can address a significant challenge for effective interdisciplinarity. Different disciplines and research methods make divergent assertions about what a satisfactory explanation requires. However, without a unified framework analysing the implications of these differences…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Models, Research Methodology, Statistical Analysis
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Campitelli, Guillermo; Macbeth, Guillermo; Ospina, Raydonal; Marmolejo-Ramos, Fernando – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2017
We present three strategies to replace the null hypothesis statistical significance testing approach in psychological research: (1) visual representation of cognitive processes and predictions, (2) visual representation of data distributions and choice of the appropriate distribution for analysis, and (3) model comparison. The three strategies…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Hypothesis Testing, Psychology, Social Science Research
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Cooper, Barry; Glaesser, Judith – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2016
Ragin's Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) is often used with small to medium samples where the researcher has good case knowledge. Employing it to analyse large survey datasets, without in-depth case knowledge, raises new challenges. We present ways of addressing these challenges. We first report a single QCA result from a configurational…
Descriptors: Social Science Research, Robustness (Statistics), Educational Sociology, Comparative Analysis
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Elzinga, Cees H.; Studer, Matthias – Sociological Methods & Research, 2015
Because optimal matching (OM) distance is not very sensitive to differences in the order of states, we introduce a subsequence-based distance measure that can be adapted to subsequence length, to subsequence duration, and to soft-matching of states. Using a simulation technique developed by Studer, we investigate the sensitivity, relative to OM,…
Descriptors: Social Science Research, Research Methodology, Sequential Approach, Measurement Techniques
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Mullins, Mary H. – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2017
Active learning approaches have shown to improve student learning outcomes and improve the experience of students in the classroom. This article compares a Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning style approach to a more traditional teaching method in an undergraduate research methods course. Moving from a more traditional learning environment to…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Active Learning, Teaching Methods, Comparative Analysis
Itang'ata, Mukaria J. J. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Often researchers face situations where comparative studies between two or more programs are necessary to make causal inferences for informed policy decision-making. Experimental designs employing randomization provide the strongest evidence for causal inferences. However, many pragmatic and ethical challenges may preclude the use of randomized…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Probability, Statistical Bias, Monte Carlo Methods
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Yavuz, Aysun – International Education Studies, 2012
In this paper, the writer discusses the philosophical underpinnings of the two dominant research methods in social sciences; quantitative and qualitative paradigms. The natures of two paradigms are quite different so this leads many researchers to discuss these issues in a comparative way. This paper tackles the knowledge and understanding of…
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Social Science Research, Research Methodology, Comparative Analysis
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Pohl, Steffi; Steiner, Peter M.; Eisermann, Jens; Soellner, Renate; Cook, Thomas D. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2009
Adjustment methods such as propensity scores and analysis of covariance are often used for estimating treatment effects in nonexperimental data. Shadish, Clark, and Steiner used a within-study comparison to test how well these adjustments work in practice. They randomly assigned participating students to a randomized or nonrandomized experiment.…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Social Science Research, Statistical Bias, Statistical Inference
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Teddlie, Charles; Yu, Fen – Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 2007
This article presents a discussion of mixed methods (MM) sampling techniques. MM sampling involves combining well-established qualitative and quantitative techniques in creative ways to answer research questions posed by MM research designs. Several issues germane to MM sampling are presented including the differences between probability and…
Descriptors: Sampling, Probability, Research Methodology, Research Design
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Pondy, Louis R. – Administrative Science Quarterly, 1977
Argues that use only of beta weights conceals important effects, unstandard regression coefficients should be reported, a method for avoiding spuriously correlated ratio variables exists, and less time should be devoted to efforts to discover uniformities across organizations and more to documenting the immense variety of organizational forms.…
Descriptors: Administration, Comparative Analysis, Costs, Industry
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Kane, Rosalie A.; Chan, Jane; Kane, Robert L. – Gerontologist, 2007
Purpose: This article assesses the state of research on assisted living (AL) from 1989 to May 2004. Design and Methods: We undertook keyword searches for AL research and amplified these with searches of Web sites, conference proceedings, and follow-up inquiries. We annotated and coded the resultant items according to categories reflecting the…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Research Methodology, Longitudinal Studies, Residential Care
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Clark, Philip M. – Library and Information Science Research, An International Journal, 1984
Describes three methods of sample size determination, each having its use in investigation of social science problems: Attribute method; Continuous Variable method; Galtung's Cell Size method. Statistical generalization, benefits of cell size method (ease of use, trivariate analysis and trichotyomized variables), and choice of method are…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Library Research, Research Methodology, Sample Size
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