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Direct linkDekle, Dawn J.; Leung, Denis H. Y.; Zhu, Min – Psychological Methods, 2008
Across many areas of psychology, concordance is commonly used to measure the (intragroup) agreement in ranking a number of items by a group of judges. Sometimes, however, the judges come from multiple groups, and in those situations, the interest is to measure the concordance between groups, under the assumption that there is some within-group…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Statistical Analysis, Psychological Studies, Evaluators
Sigmon, Gary L.; And Others – 1983
In recent years educators have been utilizing judgmental methods, such as the ones advocated by Ebel and Angoff, to set minimum competency standards on test items. This study was designed to investigate the reliability and validity of these two procedures in setting minimum levels of performance on 175 vocational evaluator competency statements.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators, Minimum Competencies
Vernazza, Martha Elin – 1985
There is a need for a set of organizing principles that will provide a clear rationale for the field of program evaluation. It is contended that the concept of evaluation promoted by Ralph W. Tyler, pioneer in the field, suggests such a set of principles. Data were derived from a two-year prescriptive case study of Tyler's contributions through…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Research, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Download full textSmith, Nick L. – 1984
Based on similar studies conducted in 1978 and 1983, this paper provides information on changes in state department of education (SEA) evaluation units over a 5-year period and an update on current conditions. In brief, there appears to have been substantial reductions in the size of SEA evaluation unit staffs. While the majority of studies…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluators, Organizational Change
Jensen, Gail M. – 1987
The role of accreditation in professionalizing an emerging field is examined in a study of on-site evaluation visits. Case records for five physical therapy education programs (including new and established programs at both public and private baccalaureate and entry-level master's programs in medical and nonmedical school settings) were analyzed…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Allied Health Occupations Education, Case Studies
Woodward, Arthur – 1985
Reviews of 2,554 educational software programs by thirty reviewing sources were examined to compare the tendency of different review sources to give generally positive, negative, or neutral ratings. The reliability of language arts and reading software reviews was studied. Thirty-eight percent of the software programs were reviewed by two or more…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Elementary Secondary Education
