Leonard Bliss
Professor of Educational Research Methodology
Department of Educational and Psychological Studies
College of Education, ZEB 237A
Florida International University
University Park, Miami, FL 33199

Publications
Bliss, L. B. & Sandiford, J. R. (2003).  The effects of institutional culture on study strategies of Hispanic students as measured by the Inventario de Comportamiento de Estudio, the Spanish version of the Study Behavior Inventory.  Journal of Hispanics in Higher Education, 2, 203-220.

Bliss, L. B. & Sandiford, J. R. (2004).  Linking study behaviors, student culture, and academic persistence in Hispanic-Serving community colleges.  Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 28, 281-295.

Bliss, L. B. & Vinay, D. M. (2004).  First steps in the development of the Inventario de Comportamiento de Estudio: The Spanish version of the Study Behavior Inventory. Journal of  Latinos and Education, 3, 25-37.
 

Presentations                                                                        

AERA 2002 High School Study Behavior Inventory presentation

AERA 2004 High School Study Behavior Inventory validation presentation

Work in Progres                                                                
High School Study Behavior Inventory                                                                           
                                                                                                                               
Courses

EDF 6481	EDF 6472
Readings due for September 2, 2009	Revised syllabus
Leonardo Part 1	Solutions to assignment due 8-31-09
Leonardo Part 2	Solutions to assignment due 9-14-09
Galileo Article1	Solutions to assignment due 9-21-09
Galileo Article2	Solutions to assignment due 9-28-09
Readings Due for September, 9, 2009	Solutions to assignment due 10-5-09
Francis Bacon	Solutions to assignment due 10-12-09
Karl Popper1	Solutions to assignment due 10-19-09
Karl  Popper2	Solutions to assignment due 11-2-09
Reaction paper questions	Solutions to assignment due 11-09-09
Readings Due for September 16, 2009	Solutions to assignment due 11-16-09
Significance Testing
Confidence Intervals
Reaction paper questions
Readings Due for September 23, 2009
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Experimental design
Pitfalls in using experimental designs
Readings Due for September 30, 2009
Effect size
Power
Reaction paper questions
Reading Due for October 7, 2009
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Experimental design (continued)
Reading Due for October 29, 2009
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Quasi-experimental designs
Advances in Quasi-Experimentation
Reading Due for November 4, 2009
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Influenza vaccination article from Atlantic
Johnson's paper on causal-comparitive and correltional studies
Reading Due for November 18, 2009
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Article by Jean Anyon
Article by Peter Ramsay