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Download full textShoffner, Sarah M. – 1984
This manual includes strategies for conducting wave 4 of a longitudinal follow-up study. Part 1, Procedures for Researchers, outlines steps to be used in guiding the research process to achieve indepth, qualitative interviews with a group of the original sample members who were studied over a 15-year period. It includes guidelines and procedures…
Descriptors: Adults, Data Collection, Followup Studies, Guidelines
Craig, William J.; Pederson, Shane – 1985
Public opinion about public education in Minnesota was investigated through a survey of a representative sample of adults. The questions asked dealt broadly with the following areas: educational quality; teacher employment conditions; State financial support; State educational guidelines; and educational vouchers. Major findings, for the sample as…
Descriptors: Educational Attitudes, Educational Quality, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education
Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA. Graduate School of Education. – 1987
In this middle school mathematics unit two imaginary characters, Horatio and Portia, decide to make their fortune in Quincy Market (Boston, Massachusetts) running a Bull Market cart. In order to solve the problems that they encounter, they need to learn ratio and proportion, map reading, estimation, area and perimeter, population sampling, problem…
Descriptors: Area, Economics, Estimation (Mathematics), Map Skills
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1985
Two studies are reviewed to determine their relevance to proposed legislation (H.R. 2620) concerning athletic scholarships. The review was conducted at the request of U.S. Representative James J. Howard who proposed the bill. H.R. 2620 would require colleges to graduate at least 75% of their scholarship athletes within 5 years in order for…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Athletes, College Freshmen, College Graduates
Office of Student Financial Assistance (ED), Washington, DC. – 1984
A manual on sampling is presented to assist audit and program reviewers, project officers, managers, and program specialists of the U.S. Office of Student Financial Assistance (OSFA). For each of the following types of samples, definitions and examples are provided, along with information on advantages and disadvantages: simple random sampling,…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, College Students, Computation, Federal Aid
National Inst. of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1977
The methodologies, instruments, and procedures that were used by Research Triangle Institute (RTI) in conducting its part of the Safe School Study are described in detail. The report focuses on methods, the rationale for their selection, and their implementation. It also addresses various practical problems encountered. The sample design is…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education, Measurement Techniques, Methods
Johanningmeier, Erwin V. – 1978
This document examines the work of Daniel Starch, emphasizing his work in educational psychology and advertising. After earning his doctorate in psychology (1906), Starch attempted to apply the findings of the new science to education and to advertising. This application met with much success. In advertising, he devised new sampling techniques and…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Acceleration
Shah, B. V.; Marnell, Dana – 1976
The National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 obtained data for 23,451 students, of whom 16,683 completed the base-year questionnaire; 21,350 completed the first follow-up; and 20,872 completed the second follow-up. This report describes the methodology for minimizing bias in the data which might be caused by nonresponse to such…
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Data Analysis, Followup Studies, Graduates
PDF pending restorationResearch Triangle Inst., Durham, NC. Center for Educational Research and Evaluation. – 1976
A major purpose of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS) was to provide a data base for studies concerned with the relationship between high school experience and experience in the years immediately following graduation. This methodological report is designed to facilitate use of the data base. The sample was…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Attrition (Research Studies), Data Analysis, Data Collection
Walshok, Mary Lindenstein – 1977
Studies of emergent, previously unstudied groups in the context of a complex urban society (such as the Project on Working Women, a three-year study of women in nontraditional blue collar and working class jobs) present methodological problems related to sampling, interviewing, and methods of analysis. Crucial to a successful methodology are…
Descriptors: Adults, Blue Collar Occupations, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Holley, Charles D.; Dansereau, Donald F. – 1979
Four types of control groups are commonly used in cognitive manipulation studies: (1) no-treatment; (2) practice with own methods; (3) practice and training with competing treatments; and (4) practice and training with irrelevant treatments. There are problems associated with the use of each group as a baseline for identifying the "true"…
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Cognitive Measurement, Control Groups, Educational Research
Klopp, Pamela M.; And Others – 1979
This paper is one of a group that describes the research methodology for an evaluation of individually guided education (IGE) in American elementary schools. The paper covers the first phase activities from solicitation of participants (April 1977) through preparation of final data tapes for the structural equations analysis (September 1978).…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Spooner, Kendrick L.; Shaper, Jeffrey E. – 1978
This evaluation handbook is the third in a series of three handbooks developed for individuals, school districts, and agencies interested in implementing career education programs. It is a user's manual with easy-to-follow directions for the implementation of specific evaluation activities. The handbook is divided into the following nine sections:…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Career Education, Curriculum Evaluation, Data Analysis
HEINSTEIN, MARTIN – 1965
A STUDY CONCERNED WITH THE CHILD REARING PRACTICES OF MOTHERS WITH YOUNG CHILDREN UNDER SIX WAS UNDERTAKEN TO PROVIDE NORMATIVE DATA ON BREAST-FEEDING, BOWEL TRAINING, AND DISCIPLINE AND TO RELATE THE DATA TO FAMILY SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS. FACTORS CONSIDERED WERE OCCUPATION OF THE HEAD OF THE HOUSE, LEVEL OF INCOME, AND EDUCATION OF THE MOTHER. DATA…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Cluster Grouping, Discipline Policy, Educational Background
Selinger, Alphonse D. – 1968
The magnitude of the dropout problem among Indians was illustrated by a study which followed students registered in grade 8 as of November 1962 through June 1967. Statistics were gathered by area, state, type of school, tribal group, and majority-minority position of Indian students in the 6-state area of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, South…
Descriptors: American Indians, Comparative Analysis, Dropout Rate, Dropout Research
