Design phase of the National Study of Child Care Supply and Demand (NSCCSD): Cognitive interview findings report for center-based provider questionnaire
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, January 31, 2010
Chicago: National Opinion Research Center.
A discussion of the methodology of the design and content of a questionnaire to survey center-based child care providers for their participation in the assessment of the national supply of child care
Methods
Design phase of the National Study of Child Care Supply and Demand (NSCCSD): Cognitive interview findings report for demand questionnaire
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, January 31, 2010
Chicago: National Opinion Research Center.
A presentation of the development and content of a survey for the assessment of parental demand
Methods
Design phase of the National Study of Child Care Supply and Demand (NSCCSD): Cognitive interview findings report for home-based provider questionnaire
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, January 31, 2010
Chicago: National Opinion Research Center.
A discussion of the methodology of the design and content of a questionnaire to survey home-based child care providers for their participation in the assessment of the national supply of child care
Methods
Design phase of the National Study of Child Care Supply and Demand (NSCCSD): Final recommendations for the center-based provider questionnaire
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, January 31, 2010
Chicago: National Opinion Research Center.
Recommendations for the improvement of the design and content of a survey instrument for the assessment of the national supply of center-based child care services
Methods
Design phase of the National Study of Child Care Supply and Demand (NSCCSD): Final recommendations for the demand questionnaire
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, January 31, 2010
Chicago: National Opinion Research Center.
Recommendations for the improvement of the design and content of a survey instrument for the assessment of the parents' demand for child care services across the United States
Methods
Design phase of the National Study of Child Care Supply and Demand (NSCCSD): Final recommendations for the home-based provider questionnaire
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, January 31, 2010
Chicago: National Opinion Research Center.
Recommendations for the improvement of the design and content of a survey instrument for the assessment of the national supply of home-based child care services, including comments of changes to the actual survey
Methods
Design phase of the National Study of Child Care Supply and Demand (NSCCSD): Revised sampling report and addendum
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, January 31, 2010
Chicago: National Opinion Research Center.
A presentation of alternate designs of sampling methods for achieving a representative number of sample respondents for the assessment of the supply and demand of the national child care market
Methods
Design phase of the National Study of Early Child Care Supply and Demand (NSECCSD): Final report
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, January 31, 2010
Chicago: National Opinion Research Center.
A description of a proposed design for a study on the functions of supply and demand in the child care market, including a discussion of public policy questions addressed through the implementation of the proposed study
Methods
Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B): Preschool-kindergarten 2007 psychometric report
Najarian, Michelle, April 2010
(NCES 2010-009). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.
A description of the design of the assessments and methods of analysis used in the data collection of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort to measure cognitive and social development of children in their transition to kindergarten
Methods
Gathering labor market data on Canada's early childhood education and care (ECEC) workforce: Data collection methods and classification systems
Child Care Human Resources Sector Council, 2010
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Child Care Human Resources Sector Council.
A description of the occupational classification system in Canada, and the data collection methods for three national surveys
Methods
Measurement of physical activity in preschool children
Pate, Russell R., March 2010
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 42(3), 508-512
An overview of the methods for measurement of physical activity in children of preschool age from articles detailing the measurement properties of direct
observational systems, accelerometry, pedometry, heart rate monitoring, and proxy reporting
Methods
Measuring early literacy skills: A latent variable investigation of the Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening for Preschool
Townsend, Monika, April 2010
Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 28(2), 115-128
An investigation of the psychometric properties of the Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening for Preschool (PALS-PreK) instrument, that includes an examination of gender invariance, with a split sample of 4,518 preschool children in Virginia
Methods
Quality in early childhood care and education settings: A compendium of measures
United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, March 2010
(2nd ed.). Washington, DC: U.S. Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation.
Profiles of instruments designed to measure the quality of early care and education settings, including information on instrument program target age and setting, purpose, administration, key constructs and scoring, and reliability and validity
Methods
Report to Congress on a plan for an Indian Head Start study
United States. Administration for Children and Families, January 12, 2010
Washington, DC: United States, Administration for Children and Families.
A description of proposed methodology and data to be used in an evaluation of Indian Head Start programs, with a focus on geographic and population data, limitations of the methodology, and alternative study methods
Methods
A tale of two methods: Comparing regression and instrumental variables estimates of the effects of preschool child care type on the subsequent externalizing behavior of children in low-income families
Crosby, Danielle A., September 2010
Developmental Psychology, 46(5), 1030-1048
A comparison of ordinary least squares regression and instrumental variable analysis, two analytic methods for the estimation of relationships between child care type and externalizing problems, in order to illustrate the strengths and weaknesses of each, and an analysis of the relationship between child developmental and different care settings for children in low-income, single-mother families
Methods
Toward standardization of benefit-cost analyses of early childhood interventions
Karoly, Lynn A., December 2010
(WR-823). Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation.
A discussion of standards for conducting benefit-cost analyses of early childhood programs
Methods