Field Experiments by Glenn

Peter Bohm: Father of field experiments

JALDA's Interview with Professor Glenn Fulcher

Glenn Fulcher is the Professor of Applied Linguistics and Language Assessment in the English Department at the University of Leicester, UK. He got his PhD in Applied Linguistics and Language Testing from Lancaster University (1993) and his MA in Applied Linguistics from the University of Birmingham (1987). Professor Fulcher has been the editor of Sage's Language Testing (2006-2015) and an influ...

The effect of the Faye Glenn Abdellah\'s nursing theory on the Quality of Life of patients with cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Aims: Cancer disrupts the quality of life of patients, as well as increases the care burden of the patients' families. The current study aimed to determine the effect of Glenn Abdellah's nursing theory on quality of life and cancer patients. Materials & Methods: 60 patients were selected by simple random sampling and randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups. After obtaining ethi...

Regionalization of the Iowa State University Extension System: Lessons Learned by Key Administrators

The cyclical economic downturn in the United States has forced many Extension administrators to rethink and adjust services and programming. The Cooperative Extension System (CES), the organization primarily responsible for governmental Extension work in the United States, at Iowa State University responded to this economic downturn by restructuring its organization from county based to a regio...

Theory, Experimental Design and Econometrics Are Complementary (And So Are Lab and Field Experiments)

ABSTRACT. Experiments are conducted with various purposes in mind including theory testing, mechanism design and measurement of individual characteristics. In each case a careful researcher is constrained in the experimental design by prior considerations imposed either by theory, common sense or past results. We argue that the integration of the design with these elements needs to be taken eve...