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ERIC Number: EJ1115319
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 20
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1934-5747
EISSN: N/A
Site Selection in Experiments: An Assessment of Site Recruitment and Generalizability in Two Scale-Up Studies
Tipton, Elizabeth; Fellers, Lauren; Caverly, Sarah; Vaden-Kiernan, Michael; Borman, Geoffrey; Sullivan, Kate; Ruiz de Castilla, Veronica
Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, v9 suppl 1 p209-228 2016
Recently, statisticians have begun developing methods to improve the generalizability of results from large-scale experiments in education. This work has included the development of methods for improved site selection when random sampling is infeasible, including the use of stratification and targeted recruitment strategies. This article provides the next step in this literature--a template for assessing generalizability after a study is completed. In this template, first records from the recruitment process are analyzed, comparing differences between those who agreed to be in the study and those who did not. Second, the final sample is compared to the original inference population and different possible subsets, with the goal of determining where the results best generalize (and where they do not). Throughout, these methods are situated in the post hoc analysis of results from two scale-up studies. The article ends with a discussion of the use of these methods more generally when reporting results from randomized trials.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF); Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
Authoring Institution: N/A
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: 1118978; R305A100116