“What Counts” as Research?

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) William Penuel, University of Colorado Boulder

Version:  View help for Version V1

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What Counts Coding.csv text/csv 646 KB 12/03/2021 04:00:AM

Project Citation: 

Penuel, William. “What Counts” as Research? . Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2021-12-03. https://doi.org/10.3886/E155961V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary This dataset accompanies a paper entitled, "'What Counts as Research? Comparing Policy Guidelines to the Evidence Education Leaders Report as Useful" and is part of a larger study of knowledge utilization among school and district leaders in the US. The complete dataset for the survey portion of that study can be found at: https://www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/project/115824/version/V1/view. 

This dataset includes responses to an open-ended item included on that survey that  that asked respondents to name a particular piece of research that they found useful in their work, providing as much information as possible so that we could locate it ourselves (i.e., title, author, year published, and topic), as well as why they found it useful. Data on survey piloting and validation activities for the survey, which involved extensive cognitive piloting of the survey instrument with leaders in different role groups are described in Author et al. (Penuel et al., 2016, 2017).

The dataset also includes the coding of the data used in the article.


Penuel, W. R., Briggs, D. C., Davidson, K. L., Herlihy, C., Sherer, D., Hill, H. C., Farrell, C. C., & Allen, A.-R. (2016). Findings from a national survey of research use among school and district leaders. National Center for Research in Policy and Practice. 
Penuel, W. R., Briggs, D. C., Davidson, K. L., Herlihy, C., Sherer, D., Hill, H. C., Farrell, C. C., & Allen, A.-R. (2017). How school and district leaders access, perceive, and use research. AERA Open, 3(2), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1177/2332858417705370 

Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources United States Department of Education. Institute of Education Sciences (R305C140008)

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms research use; knowledge utilization
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 9/21/2015 – 12/17/2015
Collection Date(s):  View help for Collection Date(s) 9/21/2015 – 12/17/2015
Universe:  View help for Universe Our target population for survey respondents was instructional policymakers from mid- and large-size U.S. urban districts who were likely to be involved in K–8 instructional decision making.
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) survey data

Methodology

Response Rate:  View help for Response Rate 51.5%
Sampling:  View help for Sampling See: Penuel, W. R., Briggs, D. C., Davidson, K. L., Herlihy, C., Sherer, D., Hill, H. C., Farrell, C. C., & Allen, A.-R. (2016). Findings from a national survey of research use among school and district leaders. National Center for Research in Policy and Practice. 

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