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    My thesis wanted to compare the education differences between public and charter schools. There were some mistakes within my methods, resulting in a strong bias favoring public schools. The results were the most varied within the community, yet mistakes within the experiment make it unreliable once again.

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    My thesis wanted to compare the education differences between public and charter schools. There were some mistakes within my methods, resulting in a strong bias favoring public schools. The results were the most varied within the community, yet mistakes within the experiment make it unreliable once again.

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    CHARTERSCHOOLSANDPERFORMANCE

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    Myresearchintendedtocomparetheeducationdifferencesbetweenpublicandcharter
    schools.Mythesiswantedtoshowthatwhenitcomestoeducationquality,publicschoolsare
    better.Therewereover100participants,andtheresultsfromtheirsurveysandinterviewswere
    analyzed.Althoughmydatasupportedmythesis,thereweresomemistakeswithinmymethods,
    resultinginastrongbiasfavoringpublicschools.
    Mystudentresultsappeartosupportmythesis,butwithacloserlookitisclearthatthe
    resultsarefairlybiasedtowardspublicschools.Mydataforthestudentsurveywasskewed
    becausethequestionsfocusedonHilliardCitySchoolsandonlypublicschoolstudentswere
    surveyed.Afewofthequestionsaskedaboutcharterschools,butonlyasmallminorityhad
    attendedcharterschoolsinthepast.Additionally,afewofthequestionswerefollowup
    questions,andtherewerestudentswhoansweredthequestionswhenitdidnotapplytothem.
    Therewerepositiveresultsoverallfavoringpublicschooleducationincomparisontocharter
    schools.Althoughthedatadidsupportmythesisandthesamplegroupwaslarge,thedataisvery
    unreliableduetomanyinconsistenciesinthemethod.
    Forteachers,Iattemptedtofindbothcharterandpublicschoolteacherstoserveasa
    basisforcomparison.Theresponsesofthepublicschoolteachersweresimilarthroughout,even
    thoughImadethequestionsasvagueaspossibleinhopestoobtainavarietyofanswersbased
    ontheirdifferentbackgrounds.Theanswersfromthecharterschoolsidewereverydifferentin
    comparison,howeveronly1charterschoolteacherwasinterviewed.Iattemptedtogetintouch
    withafewmorecharterschoolteachers,butIreceivednoresponses.Thislackofcharterschool
    teachersmadethedataseemverybiasedtowardspublicschoolsonceagain.


    CHARTERSCHOOLSANDPERFORMANCE

    Theresultswerethemostvariedwithinthecommunity,yetmistakeswithinthe
    experimentmakeitunreliableonceagain.Alltheparentshadchildrenwhoattendedpublic
    schools,butafewofthequestionswerefocusedtowardscharterschools.Becausetherewas
    littleornopersonalexperiencewithcharterschools,itispossiblemanyoftheanswerswere
    basedonfalseinformation.Only1parenthadachildwhoattendedcharterschoolinthepast,
    andshefavoredpublicschools.Moreparentswithchildrenwhoattendedbothcharterandpublic
    schoolswouldhavepossiblycreatedmorevarietyinthedataandpossiblydifferentresults.
    Basedonthisdata,itisevidentthatmostpeoplearesatisfiedwiththeeducationsystem
    withinHilliardandpublicschoolsingeneralbutthinkcharterschoolsneedimprovement.Many
    peoplelikethedirectionHilliardCitySchoolsisgoingin,andonlyafewhadobjections.For
    charterschools,manyofthoseinterviewedandsurveyedbelievecharterschoolsneedtoimprove
    theireducationqualityandreputation.However,sincethisinformationcomesfrommostly
    peoplewithnopersonalexperiencewithcharterschools,thisdataisnotreliableenoughto
    implementchanges.Futureresearchersonthistopicshouldobtainequalamountsofdatafrom
    thosewhohaveexperiencewithcharterschools,experiencewithpublicschools,andexperience
    withboth.Sincethemajorerrorwithinmydatawasanoverwhelmingamountofparticipants
    withonlypublicschoolexperience,avoidingthismistakeinfuturestudieswillproducevalid
    resultsandastrongerbasisforimprovement.
    Overall,mydatadidsupportmythesis.However,thereislowinternalvaliditydueto
    manyproblemswithinmymethodandtheparticipantsselected.Themainproblemwasthelack
    ofparticipantswithcharterschoolexperience,whichunintentionallyresultedinabiastowards
    publicschools.Withthisdata,itcanbeconcludedthatmajorityofpeoplearesatisfiedwiththe


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    educationinHilliardCitySchools.Althoughmanysaidthatcharterschoolsneededtoimprove,
    thebiasedresultsarenotreliableasabasisforimprovement.Tomakesuretheresultsare
    reliableinfuturestudies,participantsshouldcomefromdifferentschoolbackgrounds,withequal
    amountsfromcharterandpublicschools.

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