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By Design / Richard J. LIGHT, Judith D. Singer, John B. Willett.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©1990Description: 1 online resource (292 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674040267
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 378.0072073
LOC classification:
  • LB2326.3 -- L54 1990eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources:
Contents:
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
Summary: 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.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780674040267

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

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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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