Assisting Fars Research Capabilities of Students: A Preliminary Study

Posted: 6 Apr 2004

Abstract

This research was undertaken to address the question of whether students with a list of potentially relevant terms would be in a better position to develop queries for use in the FARS database. Students were tested, in class, on the use of FARS as a research tool. Students were given two research questions. One included just a fact pattern. The other included a fact pattern and a listing of terms. There were only two instances that were found to be statistically significant: One group of students did significantly better in identifying the correct pronouncement when given a list of potential terms and significantly more students were able to at least identify the correct pronouncement for the second question when given a list of potential terms. This may be due to the nature of the question. Participant's comments indicated that they thought having the list was helpful.

Keywords: FARS, research

JEL Classification: A0, M40, M44

Suggested Citation

Garnsey, Margaret R. and Stokes, Leonard, Assisting Fars Research Capabilities of Students: A Preliminary Study. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=489142 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.489142

Margaret R. Garnsey (Contact Author)

Siena College ( email )

Loudonville, NY
United States

Leonard Stokes

Siena College ( email )

Loudonville, NY
United States

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