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Lecture #20
1. Disadvantages and Advantages of
Hierarchical (or Nested) Designs
Class means versus individual
scores analysis-- read the following articles to help you
understand the issue and its implications:
Hopkins, K.D. (1982). "The unit
of analysis: group means vs. individual observations."
American Educational Research Journal, 19,
5-18.
Peckham, P.D., Glass, G. V, and
Hopkins, K. D. (19??). "The experimental unit in statistical
analysis." The Journal of Special Education,
3(4), 337-349.
Blair, R. C. (1986). "Comment on
Statistical power with group mean as the unit of analysis."
Journal of Educational Statistics, 11(2),
161-169.
2. Assignments:
(1) Review Sections 11.1-11.5, 11.9
in Kirk.
(2) Do questions 3 [part (b)
optional), 4 [part (b) optional], 5 [part (b)
optional] of Chapter 11.
(3) Read three articles listed above. We
will spend the first 15-20 minutes of Wednesdayís class
discussing or debating issues outlined in these
articles.
(4) Preview Sections 12.1-12.3 in
Kirk.
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