Some subscribers to TIPS and AERA-TEP-SIG128 might be interested in a post "Seventeen Statements by Gold-Standard Skeptics #2" [Hake (2010)].
The abstract reads: *************************************** ABSTRACT: Andy Rudd in an EdResMeth post 6 Apr 2010 titled "Cause and Effect" wrote: "Today I dealt with a doctoral student who was adamantly opposed to the idea that causal relationships can be studied using non experimental designs. . . . . . I am curious what others think about the use of non experimental designs to study causal relationships if it is not possible to use an experimental or quasi-experimental design." This initiated an 18-post thread of diverse comments on the student's opinion, accessible at <http://tinyurl.com/y4um3g3>. Rudd's student may have been influenced by the fact that the "Randomized Control Trial" has been enthroned by the U.S. Dept. of Education (USDE, 2008) and Mosteller & Boruch (2002) as the "gold standard" for demonstrating causality in education research. For consideration by Rudd's student and others, herewith are SEVENTEEN STATEMENTS BY GOLD-STANDARD SKEPTICS: (1) American Education Research Association; (2) American Evaluation Association; (3) Hugh Burkhardt & Alan Schoenfeld; (4) Tom Cook & Monique Payne; (5) Margaret Eisenhart & Lisa Towne; (6) European Evaluation Society; (7) Richard Hake; (8) Burke Johnson; (9) Annette Lareau & Pamela Barnhouse; (10) Joseph Maxwell; (11) National Education Association; (12) Dennis Phillips; (13) Barbara Schneider, Martin Carnoy, Jeremy Kilpatrick, William Schmidt, & Richard Shavelson; (14) Michael Scriven; (15) Mack Shelley, Larry Yore, and Brian Hand; (16) Deborah Stipek; and (17) Carol Weiss. *************************************** To access the complete 85 kB post please click on <http://tinyurl.com/3az7tvu>. Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana UniversityHonorary Member, Curmudgeon Lodge of Deventer, The Netherlands President, PEdants for Definitive Academic References which Recognize the Invention of the Internet (PEDARRII) <[email protected]> <http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake> <http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~sdi> <http://HakesEdStuff.blogspot.com> <http://iub.academia.edu/RichardHake> REFERENCES [Tiny URL's courtesy <http://tinyurl.com/create.php> .] Hake, R.R. 2010. "Seventeen Statements by Gold-Standard Skeptics #2," online on the OPEN! AERA-L archives at <http://tinyurl.com/3az7tvu>. Post of 27 Apr 2010 10:03:58-0700 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete post are also being transmitted to various discussion lists and are online at <http://hakesedstuff.blogspot.com/2010/04/seventeen-statements-by-gold-standard.html> with a provision for comments. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=2254 or send a blank email to leave-2254-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
