This section brings together resources and tools to assist child care and early education researchers, policymakers, consultants, and workforce development professionals as they review research and assess its quality.
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Data Collection
Learn about the key components and considerations involved in collecting data through surveys and questionnaires, administrative data, and field research.
Assessing Research Quality
Discover information and tools to help you evaluate the quality of a research study and learn about the ethics of research.
Study Design and Analysis
Learn about the components of descriptive research studies, causal studies, and data analysis.
Experiments and Quasi-Experiments
Learn about the types, key components, validity, ethics, and advantages and disadvantages of experimental design.
Descriptive Statistics
Learn about graphical and pictorial methods of descriptive statistics and the three most common measures of descriptive statistics (central tendency, dispersion, and association).
Working With Administrative Data
Explore resources on linking and integrating, analyzing, managing, and protecting administrative data.
Child Care and Early Education Glossary
This glossary defines terms used to describe aspects of child care and early education practice and policy.
Research Glossary
This glossary defines terms used in conducting social science and policy research.