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Measuring Comparability of Standards between Subjects: Why Our Statistical Techniques Do Not Make the Grade.
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Newton, Paul E. – British Educational Research Journal, 1997
Focuses on Subject-Pair Analysis, a technique for comparing examinations in different subjects, to demonstrate that reliance on statistical comparisons of standards between subjects is misplaced. Explicates the fundamental assumptions underlying the Subject-Pair Analysis. Argues that this and related analyses are inappropriate for dealing with the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems