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ERIC Number: EJ413219
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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ISSN: ISSN-0156-6555
Research Design in the Experimental Study of Intellectual Disability.
Jenkinson, Josephine C.
International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, v36 n2 p69-84 1989
This article discusses research design problems peculiar to work with intellectually disabled subjects, such as discrepancies in uses of control groups and mental age matching, definitions of subject groups and variability within and between subject groups. Suggestions for minimizing these problems are made and alternative methodologies offered. (Author/PB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Elementary Secondary Education, Matched Groups, Mental Retardation, Research Design, Research Methodology, Research Problems
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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