...interpret guide, a how-to set-up and analyze guide using free online calculators or Excel, and a wording results guide. All materials are available for general use, following the Creative Commons License. Introduction (INTRO)–a brief overview of educational research methods 1. What is Educational Research? (uploaded 7.17.09) 2. Writing Research Questions (uploaded 7.20.09) 3. Experimental Design (uploaded 7.20.09) ------------------------------------------------- Experimental Design The basic idea of experimental design involves formulating a question and hypothesis, testing the question, and analyzing data. Though the research designs available to educational researchers vary considerably, the experimental design provides a basic model for comparison as we learn new designs and techniques for conducting research. Note: This review is similar to the overview of significance testing, so you will see some of the...
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...[pic] A STATISTICAL RESEARCH PAPER Submitted to Mr. Marcelo C. Mendoza In partial Fulfillment to the requirements In Math 22 Submitted by GROUP: PLUS ONE Leader: MARK ANTHONY QUIJANO Co-Leader: ROBERT SANTOS Analyzer: MICHAEL CATABRAN The Race for 2010 Presidential Election Rationale: As we approach the May 2010 election. Our group conducted a quick survey to test the Filipinos’ maturity and integrity in choosing their candidates in our democratic institution. Thus, this project will try to determine the bet of some of our fellow countrymen for the presidential race in the May 2010 election. Statement of the Problem: The aim of this first term statistical research project is to find out who is JRU students’ choice for president in 2010. Specifically, it will try to find the following: 1] The profile of the respondents according to a] gender b] age 2] JRU students’ choice for president 3] Male JRU students’ choice for president 4] Female JRU students’ choice for president 5] JRU students’ perception of their candidates’ chance of winning the presidency in the 2010 election 6] Male JRU students’ perception of their candidate’s chance of winning the presidency in the 2010 election 7] Female JRU students’ perception of their candidate’s chance of winning the presidency in the 2010 election 8] JRU students’ degree of optimism that their choice...
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...interested in understanding the factors that influence their students’ academic performance. This paper describes a study that was conducted at a mid-sized public university in the mid-south, USA, to examine this issue. In this study, the 10-scale, Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI) (Weinstein et al., 1987) assessment device was administered to 107 students to measure receptivity to several skills and strategies that purportedly enhance a student’s ability to learn and successfully perform in an academic setting. The results of this study showed that the LASSI scales dealing with attitude, concentration, information processing skill, motivation, self-testing and review techniques, use of study support techniques, time management, and effective test-taking strategies all correlated positively (with statistical significance) to student GPA. There were also statistically significant differences between males and females in their mean scores for several of the above mentioned LASSI scales. Every LASSI subscale, where females significantly outscored males, positively correlated with superior academic performance (i.e., GPA). However, after controlling for variance explained by the LASSI scores, there were no statistically significant correlations between gender and academic performance. The primary conclusion from this study is that contrary to prior research that suggests that females predominantly outperform males in...
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...Enhancing EFL College Students' Speed Reading and Content Comprehension of Computerized Texts Osama Hassanein Sayed, PhD Community College in Bisha, King Khalid University, KSA, Faculty of Education in the New Valley, Assiut University, Egypt (2009) Paper puplished in CDELT Occasional Papers, Vol. 50, August, 2009. Abstract This study attempted to investigate the effect of training EFL college students in reading computerized texts on their reading speed and content comprehension. The study had a pre-post control group design. Thirty EFL students at the community college in Bisha, king Khalid university, Saudi Arabia, participated in this study. An online speed reading test was used to measure students' speed reading rate and content comprehension. Experimentation lasted eight weeks; three 50-minute sessions per week. A “t” test for small samples was used to analyze the difference between means of scores of the study subjects in the pre-post-measurements. Findings revealed a significant improvement in the experimental group students' speed reading rates and their reading comprehension of computerized texts. Introduction: With the explosion of information we live in nowadays, with the growing emphasis and on the importance concepts of information as and communication with such globalization,informatization, and intercultural communication, strong reading skills, as Kasper (2003) states, are essential not only for students' academic success, but also for their social...
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...sample of 100 accident reports however the representative finds 31 accidents that involved drivers who were 20 or younger. Is this sample sufficient to show that younger drivers have significantly more accidents then would be expected from the percentage of young drivers? Use a two-tailed test with a significance of .05 2- A researcher would like to determine whether people can really tell the difference between bottled water and tap water. Participants are asked to tasted two unlabeled glasses of water, one bottle and one tap, and identify the one they thought tasted better. Out of 40 people in the sample, 28 picked the bottled water. Was the bottled water selected significantly more often than would be expected by chance? Use a two tailed test with a=.05 A researcher is investigating the relationship between personality and birth order position. A sample of college students is classified into four birth order categories (1st, 2nd, 3rd,4th, or later) and given a personality test that measures the degree of extroversion on a 50 point scale. Identify the statistical procedure that is appropriate for analyzing this data. Explain your answer. 3-(2) A researcher is testing the effectiveness of a skills mastery imagery program for soccer players. A sample of n=25 college varsity players is selected and each player is tested on a ball handling...
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...name of the reviewer.) o Bibliography Author, F. (1776). Effects of classroom testing by microcomputer. Journal of ABCDE, 99(9), 9-19. o Problem Microcomputers are being used for a variety of purposes, but research about their instructional effectiveness lags behind adoption rates for the technology. Further, there is a limited research base about the effects of microcomputers in vocational agriculture on learning in the affective, cognitive, and psychomotor domains. The research base is even more shallow when effects of testing students by computer technology are explored. Comments: The problem statements agreed with the title and seemed to be of educational significance. The problem was not clearly visible to the average reader, and it required several readings to establish why the researchers felt this study needed to be done. It was limited to the researchers’ capabilities and resources. o Review of Literature o The author cited no clear review of literature; however, several appropriate references were used in the introduction section. These statements contributed to the overall understanding of the subject and to the reasoning for establishing the problem statement. Suggested section titles would have been: (1) competencies vocational education teachers need to use computer technology effectively; (2) effects of microcomputers on learning; and (3) effects of testing students by microcomputer. o Hypothesis This research tested hypotheses about how...
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...ANSWERS TO CASES Chapter 1 DiGiorno Pizza: Introducing a Frozen Pizza to Compete with Carry-Out In conducting research for the launching of a new product it is imperative that the target population be identified. In this case, who are the people most likely to be interested in purchasing and consuming frozen pizzas in lieu of carry-out pizzas? How are these people to be identified for sampling (Chapter 7 refers to this group as the “frame”)? Should a test market city or area be used? Why or why not? What mode of survey such as telephone, mail, or personal interview should be used? When should these people be surveyed? Does time of day, day of the week, or season of the year make any difference? What types of measurements should be taken? Some possible measurements might include dollar amounts spent per week of pizza per family, number of pizzas purchased per month, percentage of family pizza consumption that is frozen pizza, and total amount spent per month on take out food. 1. One population that was identified was “pizza lovers”. These people may have been previously identified by market researchers based on number of pizzas purchased per month, use of coupons, or from previous surveys. Another population mentioned in the case was women ages 25 to 54. The advertisements shown on national TV were likely aimed at the general population because Kraft was attempting to achieve broader goals such as brand name recognition and a dissemination...
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...Title: Cases of Absenteeism among Grade VI-Bonifacio Pupils of Central Malamote Elementary School: Basis for Strategic Intervention Plan Proponent: Marivic J. Ampac INTRODUCTION The active presence of children and their embedding of knowledge and skills in the classroom become important issues once they get enrolled in a school. The central characteristics of meaningful access to school education is sustained and active participation of children in teaching-learning process and classroom activities (Lewin, 2007). It has been found that students who attend school regularly score higher in their achievement test, rather than their peers, who remain frequently absent. Today the low attendance is rampant across the country, or what we called absenteeism, the habitual or chronic absences of the pupils from the class. It may affect in different aspects: in terms of personal, emotional and social perspective. Linda L. Williams (2001) further stated that student who skip school a lot miss out on the opportunity to gain quality education. Students with excessive absences may feel disconnected from academics and believed that activities which reduces chances to discover passion, gain recognition for the talent and develop their skills outside the classroom. Disconnected pupils lack accountability that can lead behavioral issues. Advisers really worry for these pupils because we knew they were the pupils who need development and transformation through education, specifically...
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...Chapter# 8 Exercises: 1.a: Matched Pairs are more appropriate. Measures are repeated over time 1.b: The matched pairs report for June 1999- March 1999 shows a difference as seen below of 0.05: [pic] [pic] 1.c: The matched pairs reports for Aug-June and Aug-March show no significant differences: [pic] 2-a The grouped means method would not be the appropriate test since statistical assumptions for the t test for groups are not satisfied with correlated data. The difference can be detected much better with a paired t-test and you may be overstating the significance if you used a group t-test rather than a paired t-test. 2-b MATCHED PAIRS: There is a small ratio of 0.1218 difference Kiln compared to regular. [pic] 3-a There is an outlier in sales for 63,438 computer sales. [pic] 3-b grouped means. 3-c: |t| 0.8874 (very small difference) [pic] 3-d Outliers: It would not be appropriate to remove the outlier because the difference in the analysis would be unfavorable due to the sale being such a drastic amount and the difference reported in question “c” being already reported as a small difference. 4-a: Yes, there is a significant difference between 2 door and 4 door impact on left legs. [pic] 4-b: The difference on compression on right legs between 2 and 4 door vehicles is not significantly different. [pic] 4-c The difference is very small on Head...
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...* * * * Distance Perception and Throwing Bean-Bags * Does Verbal Training Improve Perception Estimates and Actions * Emily Satel * Texas Tech University * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Abstract * Our research examined the relationship between verbal estimates of depth perception and active tasks involving depth perception by studying 20 participants in two conditions: the feedback condition and the no feedback condition. Participants in each condition completed tasks related to depth perception then underwent training involving making verbal estimations of distances before finally completing the task again. The only difference between the two groups was that those in the feedback condition were given feedback about the accuracy of their judgments during training and those in the no feedback condition were not. Our results suggest that verbal estimate training helps participants who receive feedback complete their active tasks more accurately. This suggests that training can help improve peoples abilities to make verbal estimates about distance and thus complete tasks related to depth perception with greater ease and more accuracy. * * * * * * * * * * Introduction * Our ability to accurately judge distances and perceive depths is an important skill in everyday tasks like driving. Unfortunately this is...
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...ACKNOWLEDGEMENT This research project would not have been possible without the support of many people. The authors wish to express their gratitude to the following individuals who generously offered help, invaluable assistance, support and guidance: The Almighty God, for giving the researchers the strength, courage and good health to carry out this study. Parents of the researchers, for their never-ending all out support morally and financially, for the encouragement that made the completion of this work possible; Mr. Paul Sherwind Belciña, the adviser, for being there, guiding the researcher and sharing his expertise and knowledge; Dr. Imelda Lagrito, the Chairman for the Social Behavioral Sciences, for assisting and permitting the researchers to conduct this study in the Department’s Psychotherapy Laboratory and for being one of the respectable panelists, for her intellectual advice and support in pursuing this research to its completion; Dr. Arlene Sotelo, the researcher’s thesis coordinator for her patience and understanding towards blemishes. To the panel members; Miss Najie B. Responte, Dr. Virginia P. Mollaneda, Dr. Araceli P. Villacarlos, and Dr. Louise Anne D. Librando for their valuable suggestions and intellectual advice for the refinement of this study; Dr. Leovigildo Manalo, the researcher’s statistician for sharing his knowledge and skills with the statistical procedure needed for the study. Dr. Renita Calago, Principal for the Elementary Department...
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...Vol. 2, No. 2 International Business Research Case Study of Factors Influencing Jobs Satisfaction in Two Malaysian Universities Edward Sek Khin Wong (Corresponding author) Faculty of Business & Accountancy University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia E-mail: edwardwong@graduate.uwa.edu.au Dr Teoh Ngee Heng Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman 46200, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia E-mail: tiohnh@utar.edu.my Abstract This work identifies the factors that measure job satisfaction of faculty members at two selected and major universities in Malaysia, using ten major factors corresponding to job satisfaction using the Herzberg Two-factor Theory to determine how these selected factors are related to job satisfaction of Malaysian faculty members. The conclusions drawn from this study are that the major sources of job satisfaction for Malaysian faculty members are shown to be policy, administration, and salary. The relevant sources of dissatisfaction are personal achievement, personal growth, interpersonal relations, recognition, responsibility, supervision, the work itself, and the overall working conditions. This study has a number of practical implications for institutional administrators, because if the educational institution has no instrument designed to measure faculty perceptions of their jobs and work, these administrators could elect to use the same instrument that investigates the areas of job satisfaction to gain similar results. Keywords: Higher education, Herzberg Two-factor...
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...CHAPTER I Introduction This chapter includes the background of the study, statement of the problem, hypothesis, conceptual framework, definition of terms used, significance of the study and the scope and limitations. Background of the Study Statement of the Problem This study aims to determine the influence of Study Habits in the Academic Performance of First Year Bachelor of Elementary Education students at Western Visayas College of Science and Technology during first semester, Academic Year 2014-2015. Specifically, this study will seek answer to the following questions: 1. What is the profile of respondents when grouped according to sex, income of the parents, birth order, library use, and place of residence while in school? 2. What are the study habits of first year students as a whole or grouped according to sex, income of the parents, birth order, library use, and place of residence while in school? 3. What are the academic performance of first year students as a whole or grouped according to sex, income of the parents, birth order, library use, and place of residence while in school? 4. Is there a significant difference between the study habits and academic performance of first year BEED students? 5. Is there a significant relationship between the study habits and academic performance of first year BEED students? Hypothesis of the Study To answer the aforementioned questions, the researchers tested the following null hypotheses. There is...
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...Collaborative Communication: Integrating SBAR to Improve Quality/Patient Safety Outcomes Cynthia D. Beckett, Gayle Kipnis Purpose/Evidence-Based Practice Question Collaborative communication and teamwork are essential elements for quality care and patient safety. Adverse patient occurrences are an extremely common outcome of communication failures (Leonard, Graham, & Bonacum, 2004). In 2004, the Joint Commission (formerly the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations) analyzed 2,455 sentinel events from hospitals across the United States and reported through root cause analysis over 70% of the events were due to communication failures, and approximately 75% of the patients involved died (Leonard et al., 2004). Although improving communication has been included as a Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goal for hospitals since 2003, in 2006, handoff communications were included as a specific communication subset. NPSG 02.05.01 states ‘‘The organization implements a standardized approach to handoff communications, including an opportunity to ask and respond to questions’’ (Joint Commission, 2006). Michael Leonard, MD, from Kaiser Permanente- Denver introduced a collaborative communication tool to support patient safety and outcomes. The structured communication tool is Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation (SBAR) (Haig, Sutton, & Whittington, 2006). The SBAR tool provides a framework for organizing information...
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...COMPARING PERCEPTIONS OF THE SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN COURSE BRANDI N. GUIDRY University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette, LA 70504 DAVID P. STEVENS University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette, LA 70504 ABSTRACT Information Systems (IS) practitioners and educators have equal interest in the content of the Systems Analysis and Design Course (“SAD”). Previous research has examined instructors’ perceptions regarding the skills and topics that are most important in the teaching of the SAD course and the class time devoted to each. A similar assessment evaluated SAD course content from a practitioner perspective. Both studies used entropy calculations. A comparison of these studies is presented in this paper. For traditional topics, the group (either faculty or practitioner) with greater agreement believes the topic to be deserving of less class time. For structured and object-oriented topics, the group with the greater agreement also believes the topic to be of greater importance. This analysis demonstrates that practitioners and academics agree on approximately 40% of the SAD skills and knowledge areas. Keywords: Systems analysis and design, Structured analysis, Object-oriented analysis, Management Information Systems curricula, Entropy INTRODUCTION It is important that an education in Management Information Systems (MIS) is reflective of practices and techniques that are currently used in industry. Given the pace of technological innovation, there are ever-changing...
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