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Ryoo, Ji Hoon; Tai, Robert H. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
Due to the complexity of latent transition analysis (LTA) model structure and qualitative decision making in LTA, power analysis has less been reported and studied. Baldwin (2015) and Gudicha, et al., (2016) recently reported results about power analysis in LTA, which included useful information. On the other hand, both studies are limited in the…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Group Membership, Longitudinal Studies, Models
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Luo, Liying; Hodges, James S. – Sociological Methods & Research, 2016
Age-period-cohort (APC) models are designed to estimate the independent effects of age, time periods, and cohort membership. However, APC models suffer from an identification problem: There are no unique estimates of the independent effects that fit the data best because of the exact linear dependency among age, period, and cohort. Among methods…
Descriptors: Models, Age, Time, Group Membership
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Gido, Eric O.; Sibiko, Kenneth W.; Ayuya, Oscar I.; Mwangi, Joseph K. – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2015
Purpose: The objective of the study was to determine the level and determinants of demand for extension services among small-scale maize farmers in Kenya. Design/methodology/approach: Based on an exploratory research design, primary data were collected from a sample of 352 households through face-to-face interviews. Focus group discussions were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Agricultural Occupations, Food, Rural Extension
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Soria, Krista M.; Stubblefield, Robin – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2015
This goal of this study was to examine the benefits of a campus-wide initiative to build first-year students' strengths awareness. The results of a survey of the first-year class (n?=?1,421) suggest a positive and significant relationship between students' strengths awareness and their belief that the strengths initiatives on campus positively…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Student Attitudes, Group Membership, Interpersonal Relationship
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Grady, Matthew W.; Beretvas, S. Natasha – Multivariate Behavioral Research, 2010
Multiple membership random effects models (MMREMs) have been developed for use in situations where individuals are members of multiple higher level organizational units. Despite their availability and the frequency with which multiple membership structures are encountered, no studies have extended the MMREM approach to hierarchical growth curve…
Descriptors: Models, Change, Group Membership, Statistical Analysis
Burgess, Prairie Leigh – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Higher education in America has a long tradition of civic engagement education. Although there is theoretical and rhetorical support, many institutions still struggle with implementing effective civic engagement on their campuses. The aim of this study was to provide an understanding of factors that contribute to successful civic engagement,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Social Influences
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Lewis, Kadriye O.; McVay-Dyche, Jennifer; Chen, Haiqin; Seto, Teresa L. – Journal of Educators Online, 2015
As the number of online degree programs continues to grow, one of the greatest challenges is developing a sense of community among learners who do not convene at the same time and place. This study examined the sense of community among medical professionals in an online graduate program for healthcare professionals. We took the sample from a fully…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Health Personnel, Professional Education
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Hulpia, Hester; Devos, Geert; Van Keer, Hilde – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2011
Purpose: In this study the relationship between school leadership and teachers' organizational commitment is examined by taking into account a distributed leadership perspective. The relation between teachers' organizational commitment and contextual variables of teachers' perceptions of the quality and the source of the supportive and supervisory…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Leadership, Secondary School Teachers, Participative Decision Making
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Engberg, Mark E.; Wolniak, Gregory C. – Teachers College Record, 2009
Background/Context: This study draws from the growing body of research dedicated to understanding how students navigate disparate pathways to college. The extant research has demonstrated the various stages that undergird the college choice process, drawing largely from economic and sociological perspectives related to human capital formation,…
Descriptors: Group Membership, Race, Private Colleges, College Choice
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Chang, Chih-Kai; Chen, Gwo-Dong; Wang, Chin-Yeh – Behaviour & Information Technology, 2011
Functional roles may explain the learning performance of groups. Detecting a functional role is critical for promoting group learning performance in computer-supported collaborative learning environments. However, it is not easy for teachers to identify the functional roles played by students in a web-based learning group, or the relationship…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Middle School Teachers, Group Dynamics
Miller, Rachelle – ProQuest LLC, 2011
High-potential students from low-income families can successfully perform in an out-of-school enrichment program designed for gifted youth when provided access to and the opportunity to attend. This study consisted of two purposes. First, this study sought to analyze measurement invariance across socioeconomic groups on My Class Activities (MCA),…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Low Income Groups, Students, Access to Education
LeVine, Robert A.; Campbell, Donald T. – 1970
Proposed as a chapter for a book, this document has attempted to survey the various points at which cognitive congruity theories impinge upon problems of ethnocentrism and intergroup relations. Some dozen such predictions have been presented, and have been italicized for scanning in the text. One hypothesis, that the more similar the outgroup the…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Attitudes, Cross Cultural Studies, Ethnology
FIELD, IRVING M. – 1967
AN ATTEMPT IS MADE TO ESTABLISH A THEORETICAL FOUNDATION FOR GROUP PROPERTY AND LIABILITY INSURANCE AND TO ADVANCE THE GENERAL HYPOTHESIS THAT THE PRINCIPLES USED IN INSTALLING AND ADMINISTERING GROUP LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE ARE APPLICABLE TO THE INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF GROUP PROPERTY AND LIABILITY INSURANCE. A SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED TO…
Descriptors: Costs, Group Membership, History, Hypothesis Testing