Addressing the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Practice in Observational Studies: Using Interviews to Understand the Assignment Mechanism

Autor/in	Rickles, Jordan H.
Institution	Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE)
Titel	Addressing the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Practice in Observational Studies: Using Interviews to Understand the Assignment Mechanism
Quelle	(2010), (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Middle Schools; Grade 8; Interviews; Algebra; Data Collection; School Districts; Statistical Inference; Influences; Research Design; Data Analysis; Regression (Statistics); Models; Decision Making; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Middle school; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Data capture; Datensammlung; School district; Schulbezirk; Inferential statistics; Schließende Statistik; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Forschungsdesign; Auswertung; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Analogiemodell; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Kalifornien
Abstract	This paper illustrates how information collected through interviews can develop a richer understanding of the assignment mechanism, which can result in more plausible causal effect estimates from observational studies and provides a roadmap for sensitivity analysis. Focusing on the issue of assignment to algebra in 8th grade, the author shows how a preliminary data collection effort aimed at understanding the assignment mechanism is particularly beneficial in multisite observational studies in education. The data were collected in middle schools within a California school district spanning urban and suburban communities. (Contains 1 figure.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10