Author and homeschool researcher Milton Gaither writes: “This new study tries very hard to overcome one of the most persistent deficiencies of his [Brian Ray's] previous work (and the 1999 Rudner study)–the near exclusive reliance on HSLDA’s advertisement to recruit subjects, leading to unrepresentative samples. This time around Ray tried to recruit families from outside of the HSLDA orbit. Did he succeed? Not really.”
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Author and homeschool researcher Milton Gaither writes: “This new study tries very hard to overcome one of the most persistent deficiencies of his [Brian Ray's] previous work (and the 1999 Rudner study)–the near exclusive reliance on HSLDA’s advertisement to recruit subjects, leading to unrepresentative samples. This time around Ray tried to recruit families from outside of the HSLDA orbit. Did he succeed? Not really.”
May 3 2010 in News-Commentary HelenTags: academic achievement, Academic Leadership Live, Bob Jones University, Brian D. Ray, Brian Ray, conservative Catholic, conservative Christians, Dr Brian Ray, Family Learning Organization, fundamentalist Protestant, home-based education, homeschooling achievement, homeschooling research, HSLDA, Piedmont Education Services, research on homeschooling, Rudner study, Seton Home Study School, “Academic Achievement and Demographic Traits of Homeschool Students: A Nationwide Study”
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