Can I used bootstrap in estimating answer distribution?

I applied a questionnaire to social workers, but the number of completed questionnaires is very low (9). On a item I obtain 4 for option a, 3 for option b and 3 for option c. Bootstrap can be used...

11 December 2016 8,294 7 View

There is a statistical tool for comparing multiple scales?

I have 4 items to a questionnaire in which the answers were the same type of scale: from 0 to 5, 0 for always false and 5 for always true. I want to study if an item score can determine certain...

08 September 2016 1,974 4 View

In teaching, emotion and care are different concepts?

04 May 2016 582 2 View

Is homework good or bad for students?

I'm interested in your opinion for two categories of student: primary school student and highschool student

04 May 2016 9,749 16 View

As a teacher, what was the hardest truth that a student told you?

04 May 2016 830 13 View

How useful (or useless) consider a student is the computer as instrument used for teaching (from student point of view)?

I'm interested in two things: 1. What do you think about this? 2. Do you know some research on this topic?

03 April 2016 1,313 4 View

Do you downvote an answer? Why?

I searched the RG questions that refer to down-vote, but I found only questions concerning perception of this option. I'm interested to understand why you could down-vote (or not down-vote) a...

02 March 2016 2,323 5 View

Cronbach Alpha coefficients can be used in interpreting data ?

Cronbach Alpha (CA) is generally used as a measure of internal consistency or reliability of a psychometric instrument. Can Cronbach Alpha be used a tool for results interpretation?

01 February 2016 4,547 4 View

Compare the teacher reaction?

Do you think it could be interesting in the study that you have done to compare the distributions of teachers reactions: those who responded, those who sent nonresponse form and those who did not...

04 May 2015 7,069 1 View

It is a good option to use Pearson's coefficient of variation in data analysis?

I have data with the starch percentage for corn hybrid. I calculate the mean, standard deviation and Pearson coefficient of variation 1) If Pearson coefficient of variation is greater than 30% can...

01 January 1970 6,841 12 View

How can the use of Jolly Phonics improves the quality of reading, speaking and writing in rural disadvantaged communities in Papua New Guinea?

Jolly Phonics reading program is an effective way to teach early reading to young learners. How can lectures at the university prepare early childhood student teachers to teach Jolly Phonics to...

03 March 2021 3,731 3 View

How to compare 2 samples recruited with different sampling methods?

If I want to compare characteristics of 2 groups of patients, one group is recruited from a random sample of the general public while another group is from a sample with a fixed gender (male to...

26 February 2021 3,526 3 View

Do you consider undergoing a structure literature review / Meta analysis and getting numerical findings sort of quantitative method?

I am looking for a classification of the research methods included in literature review papers or Meta analysis ones .

22 February 2021 1,131 4 View

Which are the most recent implications of ESL Academic Discourse in language teaching?

Language teachers at UTP (Language Department) are increasingly interested in the role of academic papers in the development of language (English) teaching practices. Research papers in Academic...

22 February 2021 1,388 4 View

Can I do two kinds of mixed method in explanatory research?

Dear distinguish professors and scholars, I have a research in measuring two kinds: think tank capacity and research impact on policy. Can I do two kinds of mixed methods in order to find, "Is...

20 February 2021 6,897 1 View

Can I follow Researchers from Teaching and testing areas?

I want Researchers from Educational Measurement and Evaluation, relating to teaching, learning , academic performance and test validation

18 February 2021 4,757 13 View

How to analyse a (perceptual) study using differing/comparable sets of stimuli?

I plan on running an online perceptual experiment that has, let's say, 100 unique video stimuli altogether. Since these are too many to be rated by every participants, I would like to present the...

15 February 2021 7,444 2 View

Are you looking for a quality online conference on teaching and learning technology?

This large international conference will be held online this year due to COVID. I am submitting a paper to the Technology Enhanced Language Learning track (8). It is about a topic I have never...

15 February 2021 1,975 15 View

How to analyse a split-plot design in stata ?

I have run an split-plot design experiment evaluating the efficacy of a treatment (with 3 whole plots and 4 sub-plots), and I am planning to analyse the collected data in Stata. However, I do...

14 February 2021 7,800 7 View

What is causing the raw fluorescence to be negative?

Hi everyone, I would really appreciate it if someone can tell me when and why a raw fluorescence starts below zero. In the picture attached below the blue colour curve starts from a negative...

09 February 2021 4,642 3 View