Survey of Statistical Techniques in AERJ for 2004
Faculty Research Center
Victoria Vakarchuk
vv37@nau.edu
We performed a survey of statistical techniques that were used in the articles
published by the American Educational Research Journal (AERJ) in 2004. I used Wilson
premier search to find a total of 22 articles published by AERJ in that year. I searched
through each article to find the research design, and the statistical techniques used. I
focused my search on the sections labeled; methodology, method, data collection, data
analysis, and results. However I did find relevant information in other sections as well.
Some articles used more than one statistical technique, and I listed all techniques used. I
could not determine the research design in all the articles. Table 1 shows the research
designs used by the articles, and Table 2 shows the statistical techniques used in the
articles published by AERJ in 2004.
Table 1
Research Design or Method
Mixed Methods
Factorial Design
Experimental
Longitudinal
Qualitative Research
Survey and Interview
Meta-Analysis
Ethnographic
Case-Studies
Oral History
Constant Comparative
Number of articles in
AERJ using this design in
2004
1
1
1
2
1
5
1
1
2
3
3
Table 2
Statistical Technique
One-Way Anova
Factorial Anova
Ordinary Regression
Multiple-Regression
Manova
Factor Analysis
Structural Equation Modeling, Path
Analysis
Cluster Analysis
Hierarchical Linear Models (HLM)
Mean Mahalonobis Distance ( D 2 )
Reliability (Cronbach’s alpha)
Chi-Squared
t-Tests
Wilcoxon Tests
Fisher Least Squares Difference (LSD)
Descriptive Statistics (mean, SD,
percentages)
None
Number of articles in AERJ using this
statistical technique in 2004
3
1
2
3
1
2
1
1
2
1
4
1
2
1
2
2
4