Claims of Improved Academic Performance--The Questions You Should Ask.

Smith, Richard Alan

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Publication Date: 1988

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Claims of Improved Academic Performance--The Questions You Should Ask.

Smith, Richard Alan

Computing Teacher, v15 n8 p42-44,61 May 1988

Discusses how to examine and evaluate claims of improved academic performance in advertisements for computer-assisted instruction. Highlights include the proper use of comparison groups; types of statistical analyses; the Hawthorne effect; the interpretation of scores; interpreting graphic presentations; tests of significance; and cost effectiveness. (LRW)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Advertising, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cost Effectiveness, Courseware, Data Interpretation, Evaluation Methods, Graphs, Research Methodology, Scores, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Significance

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom

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Language: English

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