Resources - Other
Selected web sites concerned specifically with inquiry skills
- SPSS's Statistics on the World Wide Web
http://www.spss.com
SPSS site with links to statistical resources on the web and data sets for downloading. - Frequently Asked Questions about structural equation modeling (SEM) and SEMNET
http://www.gsu.edu/~mkteer/semfaq.html
FAQ site for structural equation modeling with information on the SEMNET listserv group. - Educational Resources Information Center(ERIC)
http://www.eric.ed.gov/searchdb/index.html - Practical Assessment Research and Evaluation (PARE)
http://PAREonline.net - SearchERIC
http://SearchERIC.org - Test Locator use
http://buros.unl.edu/buros/jsp/search.jsp and
http://www.ets.org/testcoll/index.html - CAT tutorial
http://edres.org/scripts/cat - BETSY (automated essay scoring)
http://edres.org/betsy - Measurement Decision Theory
http://edres.org/mdt - National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing
http://cresst96.cse.ucla.edu/index.htm
Conducts research on important topics related to K-12 educational testing. - Resampling Stats Home Page
http://www.statistics.com/
Information about statistics and data analysis, including statistical software, and resampling methods in particular - Research Methods Resources from the College of Education at Arizona State University
http://research.ed.asu.edu/msms/multimedia/multimedia.cfm
ASU related resources, Resources for Teaching Statistics, and the AERA Educational Statisticians Page - National Center for Education Statistics
http://www.ed.gov/NCES/
Collecting and analyzing data related to education in the United States and other nations. - Assessment Resonance Library
http://www.nwrel.org/assessment/library.asp?library=1
Improving ways to assess educational results
http://edres.org/irt
Selected web sites for professional organizations
Some of these organizations are completely devoted to a specific type of inquiry (e.g., evaluation), while others are broader organizations having divisions or special interest groups concerned with inquiry methods.
- American Education Finance Association
http://www.aefa.cc/
Membership, meetings, job announcements, newsletter and education-related links. - American Educational Research Association(AERA)
http://www.aera.net/
Grants, Registry of Educational Researchers, AERA LISTSERV via Hypermail (postings, subscription info and searching), state and regional listings, and other resources. - American Sociological Association
http://www.asanet.org/
Membership, meetings, academic resources, governance/committees, Code of Ethics, Executive Office directory, sections, publications, career resources, and funding opportunities. - American Psychological Association
http://www.apa.org/
About the APA, PsychNET, student and membership info. - National Council on Measurement in Education
http://www.ncme.org/
Information on the construction and uses of educational tests or the development and evaluation of measurement models and methods. - American Evaluation Association
http://www.eval.org/
Boardmembers, topical interest groups, guidelines for proposals, electronic lists, publications, annual meetings, conferences/calls for papers, membership application, job bank, links. - Regional Affiliate: Southeast Evaluation Association
http://www.bitbrothers.com/sea/index.php - American Anthropological Association
http://www.aaanet.org/
Staff directories, job ads, meetings, minority issues, ethics, member services, section/interest groups, publications, government affairs, links. - Florida Educational Research Association
http://www.tfn.net/fera/
Info, goals, membership, meetings, news. - American Statistical Association
http://www.amstat.org
Info, calendar, sections, chapters, committees, fellowship and awards, publications, meetings, membership, education, jobs, services, links. - Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
http://www.appam.org/
Membership, meetings, job bank, listserv and links. - Southeast Evaluation Association (SEA)
http://www.bitbrothers.com/sea/
Regional chapter of AEA and includes a newsletter, conference information, professional development workshops, job and RFP announcements.