TY - BOOK AU - LIGHT,Richard J. AU - Singer,Judith D. AU - Willett,John B. TI - By Design SN - 9780674040267 AV - LB2326.3 -- L54 1990eb U1 - 378.0072073 PY - 2021///] CY - Cambridge, MA : PB - Harvard University Press, KW - Education, Higher KW - Research KW - United States KW - Enseignement supérieur KW - Recherche KW - États-Unis KW - Universities and colleges KW - Evaluation KW - Universités KW - Évaluation KW - USA KW - EDUCATION / General KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; PREFACE: YOU CAN'T FIX BY ANALYSIS WHAT YOU BUNGLED BY DESIGN --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; CONTENTS --; 1 Why Do Research on Higher Education? --; 2 What Are Your Questions? --; 3 What Groups Do You Want to Study? --; 4 What Predictors Do You Want to Study? --; 5 Compared to What? --; 6 What Are Your Outcomes? --; 7 How Can You Improve Your Measures? --; 8 How Many People Should You Study? --; 9 Should You Try It out on a Small Scale? --; 10 Where Should You Go from Here? --; References --; Index; restricted access N2 - Do students who work longer and harder learn more in college? Does joining a fraternity with a more academic flavor enhance a student's academic performance? These are just some more than fifty examples that Richard Light Judith Singer and John Willett explore in By Design, a lively nontechnical sourcebook for learning about colleges and universities UR - https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674040267 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674040267 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780674040267.jpg ER -