ERIC Number: EJ1114522
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Publication Date: 2015
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Learning What Works in Sensory Disabilities: Establishing Causal Inference
Cooney, John B.; Young, John, III; Luckner, John L.; Ferrell, Kay Alicyn
Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, v109 n6 p469-486 Nov-Dec 2015
This article is intended to assist teachers and researchers in designing studies that examine the efficacy of a particular intervention or strategy with students with sensory disabilities. Ten research designs that can establish causal inference (the ability to attribute any effects to the intervention) with and without randomization are discussed.
Descriptors: Intervention, Sensory Integration, Disabilities, Inferences, Attribution Theory, Barriers, Quasiexperimental Design, Regression (Statistics), Scores, Pretests Posttests, Schemata (Cognition), Control Groups, Mathematics Instruction, Research Design
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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