One of the best websites for social science research is http://www.socialresearchmethods.net Also, an online stats textbook: http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/ Julie Libarkin Associate Professor, Director - Geocognition Research Lab Michigan State University 206 Natural Science East Lansing, MI 48824 Affiliations: Department of Geological Sciences, Division of Science and Mathematics Education, Cognitive Science Program, Center for Research on College Science Teaching and Learning Phone: 517-355-8369 https://www.msu.edu/~libarkin Editor for Production, Journal of Geoscience Education On Jun 17, 2010, at 5:09 AM, Britta Bookhagen wrote: > Greetings everyone > > 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). > > 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. > > I would very much appreciate any suggestions. > > Thank you very much > > Britta >