Contextualizing Effect Sizes in the National Survey of Student Engagement: An Empirical Analysis

Autor/inn/en	Rocconi, Louis M.; Gonyea, Robert M.
Titel	Contextualizing Effect Sizes in the National Survey of Student Engagement: An Empirical Analysis
Quelle	In: Research & Practice in Assessment, 13 (2018), S.22-38 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2161-4210
Schlagwörter	College Freshmen; Learner Engagement; College Seniors; National Surveys; Student Surveys; Effect Size; Data Interpretation; Benchmarking; National Survey of Student Engagement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studienanfänger; College; Colleges; Senior; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Schülerbefragung; Data evaluation; Datenauswertung
Abstract	The concept of effect size plays a crucial role in assessment, institutional research, and scholarly inquiry, where it is common with large sample sizes to find small relationships that are statistically significant. This study examines the distribution of effect sizes from institutions that participated in the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) and empirically derives recommendations for their interpretation. The aim is to provide guidelines for researchers, policymakers, and assessment professionals to judge the importance of an effect from student engagement results. The authors argue for the adoption of the recommendations for interpreting effect sizes from statistical comparisons of NSSE data. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01