Research Techniques in Aerj Articles

1969 To 1978

Bibliographic Data

ID9733769
AuthorsVictor L Willson (0000-0002-5904-5962, Texas A&M University, corresponding author)
Year1980
Volume9
Issue6
Pages5-10
Publication date1980-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEducational Researcher (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-189X • E-ISSN: 1935-102X
PublisherAmerican Educational Research Association (AERA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3102/0013189x009006005
OpenAlexW2047571471
LanguageEN
Citations received34
References cited12

niques. Glass (Note 1), in an address to professors of educational research, discussed Kaplan's (1964) distinction between scientific methods and techniques. Methods are cross-disciplinary principles such as replication, generalization, and causation, whereas techniques are discipline-specific procedures for the conduct of research. Glass classified techniques by their genesis among major disciplinesagronomy, cultural anthropology, biology, economics, psychology, and sociology. He discussed the three major techniques in use in educational research at that time: Fisherian experimental design, common factor analysis, and Neyman-Pearson decision theory, and he advocated greater interdisciplinary training in scientific methods and techniques. His recommendation was based on a number of premises that bear reiteration, his paper not being published

Biology · Causation · Discipline · Educational research · Epistemology · Generalization · Mathematics education · Replication (statistics · Research methodology · Social science · Sociology · Behavioral and Psychological Studies · Cognitive and psychological constructs research · Philosophy · Psychology · Statistics Education and Methodologies