The Effects of Distance Education on K-12 Student Outcomes: A ...
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Figure 2. C<strong>on</strong>fidence intervals for individual effect sizes <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> 116 outcomes<br />
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C<strong>on</strong>fidence Intervals for Individual Effect Sizes<br />
Of the 45 factors coded in the study, the following 30 were examined to determine sources <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
significant variati<strong>on</strong> in effect sizes. Ten <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the remaining variables were used for identifying the<br />
studies or computing effect size, and the other five could not be compared because the studies<br />
did not include the data for coding the variables, or the variable was not a relevant factor in the<br />
studies. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> variables that went uncoded due to the absence <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> data were the frequency <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
student participati<strong>on</strong> in distance learning, the level <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> preparati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the teachers in distance<br />
educati<strong>on</strong>, and the amount <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> experience <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the teachers in distance educati<strong>on</strong>. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> variables that<br />
were not relevant factors for the studies were c<strong>on</strong>trol for the effects <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> a sec<strong>on</strong>d testing, and<br />
c<strong>on</strong>trol for the effects <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> a pretest. Analysis <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> variance was not meaningful for some <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the<br />
variables because <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> missing data in the studies, resulting in a high number <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> cases in which a<br />
value <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> “unspecified” was coded for the variable.<br />
Publicati<strong>on</strong> and Methodological Variables<br />
Twenty variables were coded to discover whether publicati<strong>on</strong> or methodological variables<br />
accounted for variati<strong>on</strong> in effect sizes. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> publicati<strong>on</strong> features included the year <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> publicati<strong>on</strong>,<br />
the type <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> publicati<strong>on</strong>, and the regi<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> publicati<strong>on</strong>. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> methodological variables related to the<br />
testing sequence in the study, the type <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> achievement measure used in achievement studies,<br />
pretest equivalency measures, study design, statistical power, and c<strong>on</strong>trol for <strong>12</strong> potential sources<br />
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