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Begeny, John C.; Eckert, Tanya L.; Montarello, Staci A.; Storie, Michelle S. – School Psychology Quarterly, 2008
Teacher perceptions about students' academic abilities are important for several reasons (e.g., instructional decision making, special education entitlement decisions). Not surprisingly, researchers have investigated the accuracy of teachers' decisions. Although some data reveal that teachers are relatively good judges of academic performance,…
Descriptors: Suburban Schools, Student Attitudes, Reading Fluency, Program Effectiveness
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Harrison, Kathryn; Antweiler, Werner – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2003
In the last decade, voluntary efforts by firms to reduce their environmental impacts have received increasing attention from both policymakers and scholars. This article discusses polluters' incentives to reduce their releases. In particular, using data from Canada's National Pollutant Release Inventory, it examines the impacts of conventional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Federal Regulation, Accountability, Pollution
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Brossart, Daniel F.; Parker, Richard I.; Olson, Elizabeth A.; Mahadevan, Lakshmi – Behavior Modification, 2006
This study explored some practical issues for single-case researchers who rely on visual analysis of graphed data, but who also may consider supplemental use of promising statistical analysis techniques. The study sought to answer three major questions: (a) What is a typical range of effect sizes from these analytic techniques for data from…
Descriptors: Research Design, Effect Size, Evaluation Methods, Researchers
Rose, Andrew M.; And Others – 1985
This third of three volumes reports on analytic procedures conducted to address various aspects of the scalar properties of the Device Effectiveness Forecasting Technique (DEFT). DEFT, a series of microcomputer programs applied to data gathered from rating scales, is used to evaluate simulator devices used in U.S. Army weapons training. The…
Descriptors: Adults, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Simulation, Data Interpretation
Lamb, Stephen; Davies, Merryn; Polesel, John; Teese, Richard – 2003
This report examines issues related to the performance indicators used for international comparisons of Australia's vocational education and training (VET) system. Chapter 2 examines main sources of international comparisons of VET and main features of indicator frameworks used for comparisons. Chapter 3 presents an outline of these two main…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Data Collection, Data Interpretation