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Lund, Thorleif – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2022
Criteria are briefly proposed for final conclusions, research problems, and research hypotheses in quantitative research. Moreover, based on a proposed definition of applied and basic/general research, it is argued that (1) in applied quantitative research, while research problems are necessary, research hypotheses are unjustified, and that (2) in…
Descriptors: Research Problems, Research Methodology, Hypothesis Testing, Statistical Analysis
Lund, Thorleif – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2005
The purpose of the present paper is to emphasise the importance of inferences in an empirical study and to demonstrate how the inferences depend on a wider context. For that purpose a metamodel of central inferences is proposed, where each inference is characterised according to three dimensions: relevance, legitimacy, and validity. The relevance…
Descriptors: Inferences, Validity, Qualitative Research, Research Methodology
Lund, Thorleif – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2005
The purpose of this article is to critically examine some stated discrepancies between qualitative and quantitative research by taking actual studies as a starting point. It is argued that in ordinary empirical research within psychology and education, both approaches should be considered based on critical realism, and that the ordinary validity…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Research Methodology, Qualitative Research, Educational Research
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Lund, Thorleif – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 1993
Based on the division of attained change for each treated individual into causal and noncausal change, the product-moment correlation between causal change and initial level is studied and compared with the correlation between attained change and initial level. Relevant formulas for true scores at population level are presented. (SLD)
Descriptors: Causal Models, Change, Correlation, Measurement Techniques