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Acosta, R. Vivian; Carpenter, Linda Jean – 1992
With the enactment of Title IX in 1972, sports participation by female athletes in intercollegiate sports has generally increased, while leadership positions have decreased. The data summarized in this paper represent 15 years (1977-1992) of information on the status of women in intercollegiate athletics gathered in an on-going national study of…
Descriptors: Athletic Coaches, College Athletics, Data Interpretation, Females
Sanders, Petrus Franciscus – 1992
The application of mathematical programming techniques is extended to the construction of measurement instruments in generalizability theory. Key concepts in generalizability theory are explained and a description is given of: (1) the one-facet crossed design; (2) the two-facet crossed design; and (3) a two-facet nested design. The optimization of…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Data Interpretation, Decision Making, Equations (Mathematics)
Snyder, Patricia; Lawson, Stephen – 1992
Magnitude of effect measures (MEMs), when adequately understood and correctly used, are important aids for researchers who do not want to rely solely on tests of statistical significance in substantive result interpretation. The MEM tells how much of the dependent variable can be controlled, predicted, or explained by the independent variables.…
Descriptors: Data Interpretation, Effect Size, Estimation (Mathematics), Measurement Techniques
Hepburn, Eric; Repps, Ronald E. – 1993
This paper describes ethnosociology and provides an application of this interpretive research model in dealing with problems in rural special education. The expansion of rural special education knowledge should begin with discovering and elaborating on special education knowledge at the local theory level. Such inquiry would be based on the…
Descriptors: Data Interpretation, Educational Anthropology, Educational Sociology, Elementary Secondary Education
Harwell, Michael R.; And Others – 1990
Concern over the validity of statistical tests performed on data that may not satisfy underlying assumptions has prompted methodological researchers to perform Monte Carlo studies for frequently used tests. Unfortunately, these studies appear to have had little impact on methodological practice. One reason is the lack of an overarching framework…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Data Interpretation, Educational Research, Meta Analysis
Kohler, Fred – 1986
Exercises were developed using tornado statistics to provide students with a better understanding of the spatial and temporal characteristics of these phenomena in the United States. Four categories of exercises were considered beginning with the simplest and progressing to the more complex. The first set of exercises required students to…
Descriptors: Data, Data Interpretation, Geographic Regions, Geography Instruction
Becker, Betsy Jane; Chang, Lin – 1986
Differences in science achievement between males and females have been examined either directly or indirectly in a variety of studies. This investigation reviewed a quantitative synthesis of correlational research on science affect, ability, and achievement conducted by Steinkamp and Maehr. Their findings were reassessed by employing a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Data Interpretation, Females, Measurement Techniques
Sorensen, Gail; And Others – 1989
In response to a frequently articulated call for "ecological" validity from instructional communication investigations, this paper reports on methodological issues which evolved during the development and application of a coding scheme for content analyzing teacher compliance-gaining messages. Starting with a consideration of the…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Content Analysis, Data Analysis, Data Interpretation
Barbee, William C., Jr. – 1986
The purpose of this study was to examine the variable of estimated earnings in order to determine how forecasts might be utilized to develop a securities portfolio strategy. The hypothesis stated that there is an inverse relationship between projected change in earnings per share and security performance. Ninety-one New York Stock Exchange…
Descriptors: Correlation, Data Analysis, Data Interpretation, Economic Change
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Shuart, Viola E.; Lewko, John H. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1988
Explores content or contextual validity of social rule classifications produced by sample of 12-year-old child coders. Analyses of variances revealed that categorization schemes generated by child coders were contextually valid as determined by raters' mean ratings. (Author/RWB)
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, College Freshmen
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Asante, Molefi K. – Journal of Black Studies, 1986
Huggins' report lacks serious data collection on college Black Studies Departments, omits the strongest ones, fails to record their history accurately, and does not assess the research achievements of its scholars. Huggins overlooks the importance of applying an Afro-centric perspective to phenomena related to people of African descent. (PS)
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Black Attitudes, Black History, Black Studies
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Butler, John Sibley – Society, 1987
The article examines: (1) the relationship between group membership and the production of knowledge; (2) comparative versus non-comparative research; and (3) the structure of data interpretation for Afro-Americans versus Euro-Americans. At issue is the lack of blacks involved in the National Research Council's study of blacks. (PS)
Descriptors: Black Studies, Blacks, Data Collection, Data Interpretation
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Chachere, Bernadette; And Others – Society, 1987
The National Research Council's study on the status of black Americans risks enhancing negative policy attitudes towards the black community for the following reasons: (1) its perspective, choice of explanatory variables, and analysis will reflect a majority perspective and conservative viewpoint; (2) it lacks focus; and (3) it is concerned with…
Descriptors: Blacks, Data Collection, Data Interpretation, Experimenter Characteristics
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Barker, Lucius J. – Society, 1987
The article presents in dialogue form a composite of a black scholar's critical observations regarding the National Research Council's study on the status of black Americans. Points discussed include the following: (1) implications for public policy; (2) white dominance; (3) committee selection process; and (4) lack of black scholarly input and…
Descriptors: Black Studies, Blacks, Data Interpretation, Examiners
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Schwarz, J. Conrad; Williams, Bronwen E. – Sex Roles, 1986
With data gathered from 96 female college students, intercorrelations were examined among self-concept ratings and scales from two personality-trait measures of masculinity and femininity. When balanced for the desirability of trait items, personality-trait scores of masculinity and femininity were inversely correlated with each other. (Author/KH)
Descriptors: College Students, Data Interpretation, Females, Femininity
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