Populations, Samples, Randomness, and Replication in Two Social Studies Journals
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11070693 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James P Shaver (Utah State University, corresponding author), RICHARD S NORTON (Mental Health America) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 1-10 |
| Publication date | 1980-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theory & Research in Social Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0093-3104 • E-ISSN: 2163-1654 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00933104.1980.10506078 |
| OpenAlex | W2018022108 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 11 |
The purpose of this study was to determine if research in social studies education reflected the same lack of attention to population and sample definitions and description, to randomness, and to replication that the authors found in a previous review of articles in the American Educational Research Journal over a ten-year period. Their study of all the research articles in Theory and Research in Social Education and in all Research Department of Social Education through 1978 indicated that small percentages of the articles report research done with random samples of subjects, that accessible populations were not often described with data, that the definitions researchers provided for target and accessible population and the sample descriptions appeared inadequate either as a basis for sampling or for others to use in replicating the studies, and that few studies used random assignment to conditions. It was concluded that, while much time, effort and money are expended on social studies education research, the data produced by this review raise serious questions about the nature of that research enterprise
Educational research · Mathematics education · Population · Replication (statistics · Research design · Research methodology · Sample (material · Social research · Social science · Social studies · Sociology · Statistics · Demography · Educational Assessment and Improvement · Educational Assessment and Pedagogy · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Mathematics · Psychology
A Mixed Methods Investigation of Mixed Methods Sampling Designs in Social and Health Science Research
On the Social Study of Social Studies
Commentary on Rickinson's 'Learners and Learning in Environmental Education
Issues in a Relatively Nonrationalized Study
An Analysis of Social Studies Research over an Eight Year Period
Toward More Adequate Quantitative Instructional Research
Reappraising the Theoretical Goals of Research in Social Education
Delimiting the Problem of Generalizability of Research Results
Toward Improving Research in Social Studies Education
Educational research
The Significance Test Controversy
On Method
Nonparametric statistics for the behavioral sciences
The Case Against Statistical Significance Testing
The Usefulness of Educational Research in Curricular/Instructional Decision-Making in Social Studies
The Productivity of Educational Research and the Applied-Basic Research Distinction
Educational Research
The External Validity of Experiments
Evaluation of Published Educational Research
Reconstruction of Educational Research
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 1982 - 2007 (26) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |