A variety of resources are available online for your study of Educational Research in an Age of Accountability.
- http://edf5481-01.fa01.fsu.edu/Guide4.html#QUASI-EXPERIMENTS
This website explains ways to determine how similar or different groups are at the beginning of a quasi-experiment. Students could brainstorm all of the ways they could think of to analyze subjects to form groups, and then compare their results with what the information on the website. A few examples on this site include: finding background information, performing a pretest, and getting supplemental information from other people like teachers, parents, or therapists.
- http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/regrmean.htm
This website provides students with an opportunity to explore their mathematical skills. Not only is a full description of regression towards the mean given as well as examples and numerous charts, but there is a formula to use in order to figure the percentage of regression to the mean. The formula is Prm = 100(1 - r). The website gives four sample problems for students to try. Teachers could use the website's examples or come up with different numbers for the students to plug in the formula.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regression_toward_the_mean
The information on the encyclopedia's website will help students develop an understanding of the basic concepts of regression toward the mean. The site gave a definition using very simple terms, and provided several helpful examples. Students will likely find a sports example to be very helpful in developing understanding. If a student was having a hard time grasping some basic concepts, this website would be an excellent place for him or her to start to find out more information.
