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Lane, David M. – Journal of Statistics Education, 2015
Recently Watkins, Bargagliotti, and Franklin (2014) discovered that simulations of the sampling distribution of the mean can mislead students into concluding that the mean of the sampling distribution of the mean depends on sample size. This potential error arises from the fact that the mean of a simulated sampling distribution will tend to be…
Descriptors: Statistical Distributions, Sampling, Sample Size, Misconceptions
Hambleton, Ronald K. – 1995
Performance assessments in education and credentialing are becoming popular. At the same time, there do not exist any well established and validated methods for setting standards on performance assessments. This paper describes several of the new standard-setting methods that are emerging for use with performance assessments and considers their…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cutting Scores, Holistic Evaluation, Licensing Examinations (Professions)