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Direct linkUlitzsch, Esther; Lüdtke, Oliver; Robitzsch, Alexander – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2023
Country differences in response styles (RS) may jeopardize cross-country comparability of Likert-type scales. When adjusting for rather than investigating RS is the primary goal, it seems advantageous to impose minimal assumptions on RS structures and leverage information from multiple scales for RS measurement. Using PISA 2015 background…
Descriptors: Response Style (Tests), Comparative Analysis, Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries
Donald Wittman – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2024
I study student characteristics and academic performance at the University of California, where consideration of an applicant's ethnicity has been banned since 1996 and SAT scores were used in admitting students to the university until fall 2021. I show the following: (1) SAT scores were more important than high school grades in predicting…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Admission Criteria, Grade Point Average, Disproportionate Representation
