By Design /

By Design / / Richard J. LIGHT, Judith D. Singer, John B. Willett.

Do students who work longer and harder learn more in college? Does joining a fraternity with a more academic flavor enhance a student's academic performance? These are just some more than fifty examples that Richard Light Judith Singer and John Willett explore in By Design, a lively nontechnica...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999
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LIGHT, Richard J.,
Singer, Judith D.,
Willett, John B.,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2021]
©1990
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (292 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • PREFACE: YOU CAN'T FIX BY ANALYSIS WHAT YOU BUNGLED BY DESIGN
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • CONTENTS
  • 1 Why Do Research on Higher Education?
  • 2 What Are Your Questions?
  • 3 What Groups Do You Want to Study?
  • 4 What Predictors Do You Want to Study?
  • 5 Compared to What?
  • 6 What Are Your Outcomes?
  • 7 How Can You Improve Your Measures?
  • 8 How Many People Should You Study?
  • 9 Should You Try It out on a Small Scale?
  • 10 Where Should You Go from Here?
  • References
  • Index

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