Ronald C Serlin
Biographic Data
| ID | 176769 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ronald C Serlin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ronald C |
| FAMILY NAME | Serlin |
| SIGNATURE | SERLIN R C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4686-8465 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 32 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 55 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 32 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Sage Handbook for Research in Education: Pursuing Ideas as the Keystone of Exemplary Inquiry
Serlin stimulates and encourages students, faculty, and educational practitioners to place the pursuit of ideas at the epicenter of their research--from framing meaningful problems to identifying and addressing key challenges to the reporting and dissemination of their findings. As well as supporting readers to place the pursuit of ideas as the keystone of exemplary inquiry, the Handbook draws on the perspectives of scholars representing diverse …
Internet-Based Interactive Support for Cancer Patients: Are Integrated Systems Better
To compare the benefits of the Internet generally versus a focused system of services, 257 breast cancer patients were randomly assigned to a control group, access to the Internet with links to high-quality breast cancer sites, or access to an eHealth system (Comprehensive Health Enhancement Support System, CHESS) that integrated information, support, and decision and analysis tools. The intervention lasted 5 months, and self-report data on quali…
What Produces Television Attention and Attention Style: Genre, Situation, and Individual Differences as Predictors
Individual looks at television vary enormously in length, and this has previously indicated differences in ongoing cognitive processes. Furthermore, the relative frequency of looks of different lengths may indicate styles of attention to television. This article compares visual attention of 152 subjects across a variety of genres and examines differences located by situation, person, and media perception variables. Attention style was not consist…
What Produces Television Attention and Attention Style: Genre, Situation, and Individual Differences as Predictors
Individual looks at television vary enormously in length, and this has previously indicated differences in ongoing cognitive processes. Furthermore, the relative frequency of looks of different lengths may indicate stylesof attention to television. This article compares visual attention of 152 subjects across a variety of genres and examines differences located by situation, person, and media perception variables. Attention style was not consiste…
What Good are Statistics that Don’t Generalize
Quantitative and qualitative inquiry are sometimes portrayed as distinct and incompatible paradigms for research in education. Approaches to combining qualitative and quantitative research typically “integrate” the two methods by letting them co-exist independently within a single research study. Here we describe intra-sample statistical analysis (ISSA) as a general technique for using quantitative tools to support qualitative inquiry so as to si…
Answering Two Criticisms of Hypothesis Testing: A Comment
Answering Two Criticisms of Hypothesis Testing: A Comment
In a recent article, Leventhal (1999) responds to two criticisms of hypothesis testing by showing that the one-tailed test and the directional two-tailed test are valid, even if all point null hypotheses are false and that hypothesis tests can provide the probability of decisions being correct which are based on the tests. Unfortunately, the falseness of all point null hypotheses affects the operating characteristics of the directional two-tailed…
The Integration of Pitch and Rhythm in Musical Judgment: Testing Age-Related Trends in Novice Listeners
Results of a previous study revealed that musically untrained listeners showed a significant, age-related increase in their sensitivity to rhythmic information when judging the degree of difference between a theme and selected pitch and rhythm variations. There was no corresponding increase in their sensitivity to pitch information, and there were no age-related differences in the overall integration process used to reach their judgments. The pur…
A controlled, powerful multiple-comparison strategy for several situations
The multiple-comparison procedure originally proposed by R. A. Fisher (1935) for the 1-way analysis of variance context has several desirable properties when K (the number of groups) is equal to 3. In this article, the logic of the procedure is described in conjunction with those properties. A discussion follows of how the Fisher procedure can be similarly applied in a number of other K=3 (and, more generally, 2-degree-of-freedom) hypothesis-test…
On the Threats That Do "Not" Face Educational Research
On the Threats That Do Not Face Educational Research
Gary Cziko's 1992 Educational Researcher article is in large part a revision and extension of the attack on mainstream educational research he began in this journal in 1989, to which we published a rebuttal in 1990. Cziko appears to find our 1990 criticisms of little value, but nevertheless abandons most of his earlier bases for criticism. He presents new reasoning to support his old conclusions that mainstream research is futile. We will argue t…
New developments in pairwise multiple comparisons: Some powerful and practicable procedures
Recent developments in procedures for conducting pairwise multiple comparisons of means prompted an empirical investigation of several competing techniques. Monte Carlo results revealed that the newer multistage sequential procedures maintain their familywise Type I error probabilities while exhibiting power that is superior to the traditional competitors. Of all procedures examined, the modified Peritz (1970) procedure (Seaman, Levin, Serlin, & …
Knowledge or Certainty? A Reply to Cziko
In an Educational Researcher article, Cziko (April, 1989) questioned contemporary approaches toward the conduct of educational research, especially those involving experimentation. He justified the need for reform by appealing to the inherent unpredictability and indeterminacy of behavior and went on to suggest greater reliance on descriptive research. Cziko drew unwarranted conclusions about the feasibility of experimentation from his premises a…
An empirical study of a proposed test of nonparametric analysis of covariance
An empirical study of a proposed test of nonparametric analysis of covariance
Comparison of Anova alternatives under variance heterogeneity and specific noncentrality structures
Comparison of Anova alternatives under variance heterogeneity and specific noncentrality structures
Rationality in psychological research: The good-enough principle
Rationality in psychological research: The good-enough principle
quot; This article reexamines a number of methodological and procedural issues raised by Meehl (1967, 1978) that seem to question the rationality of psychological inquiry. The first issue concerns the asymmetry in theory testing between psychology and physics and the resulting paradox that, because the psychological null hypothesis is always false, increases in precision in psychology always lead to weaker tests of a theory, whereas the converse …
Toward a Theoretical Perspective on the Legislation of Adolescence
A theoretical perspective on the historical origins of adolescence in the United States is outlined. Based on a materialist theory of social change, it is argued that adolescence is best understood as the state-appropriation of youth leisure, that the imposition of this status was effected through the enactment of compulsory education legislation, and that the reason for enacting this legislation was to increase the average propensity to consume …
Testing for regression homogeneity under variance heterogeneity
One of the assumptions underlying the F test of parallelism of two or more regression lines is that the within-group residual variances are homogeneous. In the present two-group Monte Carlo investigation, the effect of violating (his assumption was examined for F, a large-sample chi-square approximation (C/0), and an approximate F test (F*). In terms of Type I error probabilities, the standard F test performed acceptably well as long as sample si…
A multivariate measure of association based on the Pillai-Bartlett procedure
A multivariate measure of association based on the Pillai-Bartlett procedure
Testing for regression homogeneity under variance heterogeneity
A measure of association for selected nonparametric procedures
Comparison of Anova alternatives under variance heterogeneity and specific noncentrality structures
What Good are Statistics that Don’t Generalize
Quantitative and qualitative inquiry are sometimes portrayed as distinct and incompatible paradigms for research in education. Approaches to combining qualitative and quantitative research typically “integrate” the two methods by letting them co-exist independently within a single research study. Here we describe intra-sample statistical analysis (ISSA) as a general technique for using quantitative tools to support qualitative inquiry so as to si…
New developments in pairwise multiple comparisons: Some powerful and practicable procedures
Recent developments in procedures for conducting pairwise multiple comparisons of means prompted an empirical investigation of several competing techniques. Monte Carlo results revealed that the newer multistage sequential procedures maintain their familywise Type I error probabilities while exhibiting power that is superior to the traditional competitors. Of all procedures examined, the modified Peritz (1970) procedure (Seaman, Levin, Serlin, & …
Knowledge or Certainty? A Reply to Cziko
In an Educational Researcher article, Cziko (April, 1989) questioned contemporary approaches toward the conduct of educational research, especially those involving experimentation. He justified the need for reform by appealing to the inherent unpredictability and indeterminacy of behavior and went on to suggest greater reliance on descriptive research. Cziko drew unwarranted conclusions about the feasibility of experimentation from his premises a…
Toward a Theoretical Perspective on the Legislation of Adolescence
A theoretical perspective on the historical origins of adolescence in the United States is outlined. Based on a materialist theory of social change, it is argued that adolescence is best understood as the state-appropriation of youth leisure, that the imposition of this status was effected through the enactment of compulsory education legislation, and that the reason for enacting this legislation was to increase the average propensity to consume …
On the Threats That Do Not Face Educational Research
Gary Cziko's 1992 Educational Researcher article is in large part a revision and extension of the attack on mainstream educational research he began in this journal in 1989, to which we published a rebuttal in 1990. Cziko appears to find our 1990 criticisms of little value, but nevertheless abandons most of his earlier bases for criticism. He presents new reasoning to support his old conclusions that mainstream research is futile. We will argue t…
A controlled, powerful multiple-comparison strategy for several situations
The multiple-comparison procedure originally proposed by R. A. Fisher (1935) for the 1-way analysis of variance context has several desirable properties when K (the number of groups) is equal to 3. In this article, the logic of the procedure is described in conjunction with those properties. A discussion follows of how the Fisher procedure can be similarly applied in a number of other K=3 (and, more generally, 2-degree-of-freedom) hypothesis-test…
A measure of association for selected nonparametric procedures
Political Values and Moral Judgment in Adolescence
An empirical study of a proposed test of nonparametric analysis of covariance
A Computer Program for Item Selection Based on Maximum Internal Consistency
Internal consistency as one rationale for item selection from the universe of possible test items is discussed. Formulae, derived by Lord (1958), are presented which relate the maximum internal consistency of a test to the largest eigenvalue of the interitem correlation matrix. A computationally feasible stepwise procedure is suggested which selects a subset of the original test items that yields maximum internal consistency. The characteristics …
A Computer Program for the Analysis of Categorical Data
A computer program is described which performs the Bowker test of symmetry in a square contingency table, the Light-Margolin and Pearson tests for homogeneity in non-ordered contingency tables, the Kruskal-Wallis test for ordered dependent variables, and the Kendall and Maxwell tests for monotonic trend in ranks. The description includes the input, output, limitations, and availability of the program
Interactions for dichotomous variables in repeated measures designs
Interactions for dichotomous variables in repeated measures designs
A Method for Increasing the Reliability of a Short Multiple-Choice Test
When multiple-choice tests are scored in the usual manner, giving each correct answer one point, information concerning response patterns is lost. A method for utilizing this information is suggested that weights each alternative, including no response, on the test to yield maximum coefficient alpha (generalized Kuder-Richardson formula 20). An example is presented, and the suggested method of scoring is compared with two conventional methods of …
Identifying Regions of Significance in Aptitude-by-Treatment-Interaction Research
The traditional statistical approach to identifying regions of significance in aptitude-by-treatment-interaction studies is examined. An alternative approach is provided which integrates several heretofore unrelated statistical techniques, including testing for the parallelism of two or more regression lines, testing for their identity, and Scheffé’s theorem
Political Values and Moral Judgment in Adolescence
Testing for regression homogeneity under variance heterogeneity
One of the assumptions underlying the F test of parallelism of two or more regression lines is that the within-group residual variances are homogeneous. In the present two-group Monte Carlo investigation, the effect of violating (his assumption was examined for F, a large-sample chi-square approximation (C/0), and an approximate F test (F*). In terms of Type I error probabilities, the standard F test performed acceptably well as long as sample si…
A multivariate measure of association based on the Pillai-Bartlett procedure
A multivariate measure of association based on the Pillai-Bartlett procedure
Testing for regression homogeneity under variance heterogeneity
A measure of association for selected nonparametric procedures
Rationality in psychological research: The good-enough principle
Rationality in psychological research: The good-enough principle
quot; This article reexamines a number of methodological and procedural issues raised by Meehl (1967, 1978) that seem to question the rationality of psychological inquiry. The first issue concerns the asymmetry in theory testing between psychology and physics and the resulting paradox that, because the psychological null hypothesis is always false, increases in precision in psychology always lead to weaker tests of a theory, whereas the converse …
Toward a Theoretical Perspective on the Legislation of Adolescence
A theoretical perspective on the historical origins of adolescence in the United States is outlined. Based on a materialist theory of social change, it is argued that adolescence is best understood as the state-appropriation of youth leisure, that the imposition of this status was effected through the enactment of compulsory education legislation, and that the reason for enacting this legislation was to increase the average propensity to consume …
Comparison of Anova alternatives under variance heterogeneity and specific noncentrality structures
Comparison of Anova alternatives under variance heterogeneity and specific noncentrality structures
An empirical study of a proposed test of nonparametric analysis of covariance
An empirical study of a proposed test of nonparametric analysis of covariance
Knowledge or Certainty? A Reply to Cziko
In an Educational Researcher article, Cziko (April, 1989) questioned contemporary approaches toward the conduct of educational research, especially those involving experimentation. He justified the need for reform by appealing to the inherent unpredictability and indeterminacy of behavior and went on to suggest greater reliance on descriptive research. Cziko drew unwarranted conclusions about the feasibility of experimentation from his premises a…
New developments in pairwise multiple comparisons: Some powerful and practicable procedures
Recent developments in procedures for conducting pairwise multiple comparisons of means prompted an empirical investigation of several competing techniques. Monte Carlo results revealed that the newer multistage sequential procedures maintain their familywise Type I error probabilities while exhibiting power that is superior to the traditional competitors. Of all procedures examined, the modified Peritz (1970) procedure (Seaman, Levin, Serlin, & …
On the Threats That Do "Not" Face Educational Research
On the Threats That Do Not Face Educational Research
Gary Cziko's 1992 Educational Researcher article is in large part a revision and extension of the attack on mainstream educational research he began in this journal in 1989, to which we published a rebuttal in 1990. Cziko appears to find our 1990 criticisms of little value, but nevertheless abandons most of his earlier bases for criticism. He presents new reasoning to support his old conclusions that mainstream research is futile. We will argue t…
A controlled, powerful multiple-comparison strategy for several situations
The multiple-comparison procedure originally proposed by R. A. Fisher (1935) for the 1-way analysis of variance context has several desirable properties when K (the number of groups) is equal to 3. In this article, the logic of the procedure is described in conjunction with those properties. A discussion follows of how the Fisher procedure can be similarly applied in a number of other K=3 (and, more generally, 2-degree-of-freedom) hypothesis-test…
The Integration of Pitch and Rhythm in Musical Judgment: Testing Age-Related Trends in Novice Listeners
Results of a previous study revealed that musically untrained listeners showed a significant, age-related increase in their sensitivity to rhythmic information when judging the degree of difference between a theme and selected pitch and rhythm variations. There was no corresponding increase in their sensitivity to pitch information, and there were no age-related differences in the overall integration process used to reach their judgments. The pur…
Psychology (26 works) · Statistics (20 works) · Mathematics (19 works) · Econometrics (14 works) · Computer Science (13 works) · Advanced Statistical Methods and Models (7 works) · Cognitive psychology (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Epistemology (6 works)