SAGE Journal Articles

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Article 1
Heil, S., Reisel, L., & Attewell, P. (2014). College selectivity and degree completion. American Educational Research Journal, 51(5), 913–935.
 

URL: http://aer.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/51/5/913?ijkey=NdXOLNYRzuuTY&keytype=ref&siteid=spaer
 

Questions that apply to this article:

1. Describe the variables used in the analysis. What are the independent variables, dependent variables and extraneous/confounding variables? Are they categorical or continuous? What types of categorical or continuous variables are they?
2. How do the authors handle missing data?

 

Article 2
Grissom, J. A., & Loeb, S. (2011). Triangulating principal effectiveness: How perspectives of parents, teachers, and assistant principals identify the central importance of managerial skills. American Educational Research Journal, 48(5), 1091–1123.
 

URL: http://aer.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/48/5/1091?ijkey=cw4T7IH9AhNhc&keytype=ref&siteid=spaer
 

Questions that apply to this article:

  1. Describe the information in the authors’ dataset.
  2. List the variables used in the study. What are the measures of central tendency and measures of variability that the authors use when describing these variables?
  3. One of the tests the authors use is multiple regression. As you read through their study, do you think this was the best statistical test used? What other tests could possibly be used?

 

Article 3
Hoy, W. K., Tarter, C. J., & Woolfolk Hoy, A. (2006). Academic optimism of schools: A force for student achievement. American Educational Research Journal, 43(3), 425–446.
 

URL: http://aer.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/43/3/425?ijkey=BYrD0oxSGcHQA&keytype=ref&siteid=spaer
 

Questions that apply to this article:

1. What are the null and alternative hypotheses for this study?
2. How do the authors address reliability and validity in the article?
3. On pages 434-435, the authors take great care to describe the variables; they also described the descriptive statistics for these variables in Table 1 (p.436). From this information, describe the assignment process and how the authors standardized values.