Byron W Brown
Biographic Data
| ID | 3823192 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Byron W Brown |
| GIVEN NAMES | Byron W |
| FAMILY NAME | Brown |
| SIGNATURE | BROWN B W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Michigan State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1971 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Student Preferences in Using Online Learning Resources
This article explores a theory of student choice in richer learning environments and presents data on how students in an online microeconomics course actually make choices about a variety of learning tools. The results allow the authors to offer some prescriptions for ways that online learning environments can be improved
The Effects of Antihypertensive Therapy on the Quality of Life
We conducted a multicenter randomized double-blind clinical trial among 626 men with mild to moderate hypertension to determine the effects of captopril, methyldopa, and propranolol on their quality of life. Hydrochlorothiazide was added if needed to control blood pressure. After a 24-week treatment period, all three groups had similar blood-pressure control, although fewer patients taking propranolol required hydrochlorothiazide. Patients taking…
Measuring the Effects of Instructional Time on Student Learning: Evidence from the Beginning Teacher Evaluation Study
This paper analyzes data from the Beginning Teacher Evaluation Study to examine whether learning rates vary across students, across teachers, and across subject matter as a function of allocated instructional time. The effect of a student's beginning achievement level on the rate of learning is investigated. Time allocated to learning is significantly related to reading and mathematics test scores, but the size of the effect varies across teacher…
The Revealed Influence of Class, Race, and Ethnicity on Local Public- School Expenditures
Over the past decades, there has been considerable interest in how the ethnic, racial, and class composition of a community affects its behavior. There have been numerous discussions of how the ethnic background of immigrants interacted with conditions they faced in urban or rural America to produce group behavior and community choices that contributed to the relative performance of those groups (e.g., see Sowell, 1981; Glazer and Moynihan, 1963;…
The Analysis of Educational Productivity, Vol. 2: Issues in Macroanalysis
The Effect of Algorithms on the Cost and Quality of Patient Care
In a Veterans Administration ambulatory care facility staffed by experienced nurse practitioners, we observed the length of visits, time utilization for various activities, and the use of diagnostic tests before and after introducing algorithms for 12 common chief complaints. Charges for diagnostic tests decreased as much as 40 per cent, primarily because of reduced utilization of radiographs such as spine films. Nurse practitioner productivity w…
The Production and Distribution of Cognitive Skills within Schools
Do school inputs matter? Regression analysis of Michigan Assessment Survey Program data (1971) shows inputs are productive, but only under our new criteria. Many previous economic studies have concluded that school inputs do not matter because mean school output is often uncorrelated with input variations. But if every student's performance matters to a school, then productive inputs affect the entire distribution of student performances. If that…
State Aid and Equality of Opportunity in Education
(1971). State Aid and Equality of Opportunity in Education. Review of Social Economy: Vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 218-226
The Production and Distribution of Cognitive Skills within Schools
Do school inputs matter? Regression analysis of Michigan Assessment Survey Program data (1971) shows inputs are productive, but only under our new criteria. Many previous economic studies have concluded that school inputs do not matter because mean school output is often uncorrelated with input variations. But if every student's performance matters to a school, then productive inputs affect the entire distribution of student performances. If that…
Measuring the Effects of Instructional Time on Student Learning: Evidence from the Beginning Teacher Evaluation Study
This paper analyzes data from the Beginning Teacher Evaluation Study to examine whether learning rates vary across students, across teachers, and across subject matter as a function of allocated instructional time. The effect of a student's beginning achievement level on the rate of learning is investigated. Time allocated to learning is significantly related to reading and mathematics test scores, but the size of the effect varies across teacher…
The Revealed Influence of Class, Race, and Ethnicity on Local Public- School Expenditures
Over the past decades, there has been considerable interest in how the ethnic, racial, and class composition of a community affects its behavior. There have been numerous discussions of how the ethnic background of immigrants interacted with conditions they faced in urban or rural America to produce group behavior and community choices that contributed to the relative performance of those groups (e.g., see Sowell, 1981; Glazer and Moynihan, 1963;…
State Aid and Equality of Opportunity in Education
(1971). State Aid and Equality of Opportunity in Education. Review of Social Economy: Vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 218-226
The Production and Distribution of Cognitive Skills within Schools
Do school inputs matter? Regression analysis of Michigan Assessment Survey Program data (1971) shows inputs are productive, but only under our new criteria. Many previous economic studies have concluded that school inputs do not matter because mean school output is often uncorrelated with input variations. But if every student's performance matters to a school, then productive inputs affect the entire distribution of student performances. If that…
The Analysis of Educational Productivity, Vol. 2: Issues in Macroanalysis
The Effect of Algorithms on the Cost and Quality of Patient Care
In a Veterans Administration ambulatory care facility staffed by experienced nurse practitioners, we observed the length of visits, time utilization for various activities, and the use of diagnostic tests before and after introducing algorithms for 12 common chief complaints. Charges for diagnostic tests decreased as much as 40 per cent, primarily because of reduced utilization of radiographs such as spine films. Nurse practitioner productivity w…
The Revealed Influence of Class, Race, and Ethnicity on Local Public- School Expenditures
Over the past decades, there has been considerable interest in how the ethnic, racial, and class composition of a community affects its behavior. There have been numerous discussions of how the ethnic background of immigrants interacted with conditions they faced in urban or rural America to produce group behavior and community choices that contributed to the relative performance of those groups (e.g., see Sowell, 1981; Glazer and Moynihan, 1963;…
The Effects of Antihypertensive Therapy on the Quality of Life
We conducted a multicenter randomized double-blind clinical trial among 626 men with mild to moderate hypertension to determine the effects of captopril, methyldopa, and propranolol on their quality of life. Hydrochlorothiazide was added if needed to control blood pressure. After a 24-week treatment period, all three groups had similar blood-pressure control, although fewer patients taking propranolol required hydrochlorothiazide. Patients taking…
Measuring the Effects of Instructional Time on Student Learning: Evidence from the Beginning Teacher Evaluation Study
This paper analyzes data from the Beginning Teacher Evaluation Study to examine whether learning rates vary across students, across teachers, and across subject matter as a function of allocated instructional time. The effect of a student's beginning achievement level on the rate of learning is investigated. Time allocated to learning is significantly related to reading and mathematics test scores, but the size of the effect varies across teacher…
Student Preferences in Using Online Learning Resources
This article explores a theory of student choice in richer learning environments and presents data on how students in an online microeconomics course actually make choices about a variety of learning tools. The results allow the authors to offer some prescriptions for ways that online learning environments can be improved
Psychology (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · School Choice and Performance (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Innovations in Educational Methods (2 works) · Mathematics education (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Nursing (2 works)