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Peer reviewedWalberg, Herbert J.; And Others – Review of Educational Research, 1984
This paper demonstrates the variety of positive-skew phenomena and discusses their theoretical, research, and practical implications in education. (PN)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Data Analysis, Research Problems, Scores
Santmire, Toni E. – 1984
The purpose of this paper is to discuss ways in which developmental psychology suffers from the lack of an appropriate technology of measurement and statistical analysis. The paper begins by noting that developmental psychology is the study of change; that individuals develop through a succession of "stages" which are separated by…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Developmental Psychology, Developmental Stages
Peer reviewedBrown, Dianne C. – American Psychologist, 1994
Introduces controversial issue of subgroup norming, in which normative reference data are based on subgroups of population rather than on total group, in employment testing and briefly highlights two articles that address this issue. Controversy over subgroup norming has increased with passage of Civil Rights Act of 1991, which bans any form of…
Descriptors: Employment Practices, Employment Qualifications, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Minority Groups
