Thank you everyone for your input and helpful websites. It is true,
seems that I will have to find a stats experts!
Regards
Britta
On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Cesar Delgado
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> Jeff Dodick's comment is very true - you can't always just use a t-test. The
> nature of the variables play a role in determining what test is appropriate.
> This site can provide some insight:
> http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/spss/whatstat/
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> Cesar Delgado * Assistant Professor * Science and Mathematics Education * 1
> University Station D5700 * University of Texas at Austin * Austin, TX 78712
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> On Jun 17, 2010, at 4:09 AM, Britta Bookhagen wrote:
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>> Greetings everyone
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>> I was wondering whether someone could recommend one or two educational
>> papers, that use pre-and posts tests to assess students achievements
>> from a program taught (I actually have two post-tests, a long term and
>> a short term).
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>> I am about to write things up for a scientific paper and I am not sure
>> whether I should use repeated measurements or two series of t-tests to
>> analyze the quantitative questions. Does anyone have experience with
>> this topic? There are just too many papers out there and I am not sure
>> about their reliability.
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>> I would very much appreciate any suggestions.
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>> Thank you very much
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>> Britta
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