Descriptive and predictive findings can inform recommendations for practice by identifying targets for intervention, even without causal information¶

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q1 i? A descriptive finding that bullying is more common in some classes than others has practical implications because it identifies targets for anti-bullying interventions. → Grosz 2023

Evidence¶

Grosz 2023¶

Grosz, M. P. (2023). Should researchers make causal inferences and recommendations for practice on the basis of nonexperimental studies? Educational Psychology Review, 35, 57. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-023-09777-7

q1 · i? · theoretical · r2

Theoretical argument using a hypothetical example: a study finding bullying more common in classes with pupils from racially and ethnically diverse backgrounds could justify recommending anti-bullying interventions for those classes. The author offers this as an illustrative argument, not a tested result.

"the descriptive finding that bullying is more common in some classes than others has implications for practice in the sense that it identifies targets for the intervention"

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