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Author Devine-Eller

Title Need for Topical Expertise in Quantitative Methods : The Example of College Test Preparation / Devine-Eller
Published [Place of publication not identified] : Sage Publications Ltd, 2017
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Summary This case study draws on my quantitative study of college entrance exam preparation (also known as test prep) to illustrate how a researcher goes about setting up a quantitative project using existing datasets. I describe how I decided between two different datasets, a decision which required attention to how the research question was asked. I also discuss how I decided on an analytic strategy, and how to interpret results from logistic regression analysis. I offer a detailed description of the ways that expert background knowledge shape research questions and decisions about the research from the very beginning. In particular, I discuss how the lack of expert knowledge might hinder efforts at understanding the statistical phenomenon at hand or even result in misunderstanding it altogether. I use the case study to illustrate a more general problem (what does no mean?) in the interpretation of quantitative survey questions which embed time-sensitive processes. Finally, I recommend that researchers draw on subject-matter expertise (their own or others) in designing and interpreting their studies
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Subject Achievement tests -- Research -- Case studies.
College entrance achievement tests -- Research -- Case studies.
Universities and colleges -- Entrance requirements -- Research -- Case studies.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Case studies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1473979641
9781473979642