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van Aert, Robbie C. M. – Research Synthesis Methods, 2023
The partial correlation coefficient (PCC) is used to quantify the linear relationship between two variables while taking into account/controlling for other variables. Researchers frequently synthesize PCCs in a meta-analysis, but two of the assumptions of the common equal-effect and random-effects meta-analysis model are by definition violated.…
Descriptors: Correlation, Meta Analysis, Sampling, Simulation
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Carpentras, Dino; Quayle, Michael – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2023
Agent-based models (ABMs) often rely on psychometric constructs such as 'opinions', 'stubbornness', 'happiness', etc. The measurement process for these constructs is quite different from the one used in physics as there is no standardized unit of measurement for opinion or happiness. Consequently, measurements are usually affected by 'psychometric…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Error of Measurement, Models, Prediction
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Ole J. Kemi – Advances in Physiology Education, 2025
Students are assessed by coursework and/or exams, all of which are marked by assessors (markers). Student and marker performances are then subject to end-of-session board of examiner handling and analysis. This occurs annually and is the basis for evaluating students but also the wider learning and teaching efficiency of an academic institution.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Criteria, Academic Standards
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Liao, Tim Futing – Sociological Methods & Research, 2022
In common sociological research, income inequality is measured only at the aggregate level. The main purpose of this article is to demonstrate that there is more than meets the eye when inequality is indicated by a single measure. In this article, I introduce an alternative method that evaluates individuals' contributions to inequality as well as…
Descriptors: Sociology, Income, Social Differences, Social Science Research
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Peabody, Michael R. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2020
The purpose of the current article is to introduce the equating and evaluation methods used in this special issue. Although a comprehensive review of all existing models and methodologies would be impractical given the format, a brief introduction to some of the more popular models will be provided. A brief discussion of the conditions required…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Equated Scores, Sample Size, Item Response Theory
Patrick C. Kyllonen; Amit Sevak; Teresa Ober; Ikkyu Choi; Jesse Sparks; Daniel Fishtein – ETS Research Institute, 2024
Assessment refers to a broad array of approaches for measuring or evaluating a person's (or group of persons') skills, behaviors, dispositions, or other attributes. Assessments range from standardized tests used in admissions, employee selection, licensure examinations, and domestic and international largescale assessments of cognitive and…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Test Bias
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Raykov, Tenko; Marcoulides, George A.; Li, Tenglong – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2017
The measurement error in principal components extracted from a set of fallible measures is discussed and evaluated. It is shown that as long as one or more measures in a given set of observed variables contains error of measurement, so also does any principal component obtained from the set. The error variance in any principal component is shown…
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Factor Analysis, Research Methodology, Psychometrics
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Cousineau, Denis; Laurencelle, Louis – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2017
Assessing global interrater agreement is difficult as most published indices are affected by the presence of mixtures of agreements and disagreements. A previously proposed method was shown to be specifically sensitive to global agreement, excluding mixtures, but also negatively biased. Here, we propose two alternatives in an attempt to find what…
Descriptors: Interrater Reliability, Evaluation Methods, Statistical Bias, Accuracy
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Lubart, Todd; Besançon, Maud – Creativity Theory and Action in Education, 2017
Creativity is a 21st-century skill that is receiving increasing attention in schools. One of the key issues that needs to be solved to facilitate the education of creativity is its' measurement. There is however ongoing controversy on the measurement of creativity. This is an issue of debate concerning both children, adolescents' and adults'…
Descriptors: Creativity, Measurement Techniques, Evaluation Methods, Educational Environment
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Flanagan, Dawn P.; Schneider, W. Joel – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2016
When education works, it creates productive, innovative citizens eager to contribute to a well-functioning democracy. In contrast, educational failure has lifelong consequences, with some individuals experiencing decades of preventable hardship. Dawn Flanagan and Joel Schneider write in this response that, like Kranzler, Floyd, Benson, Zabowski,…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Identification, Diagnostic Tests, Criticism
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Gottlieb, Derek; Moroye, Christy M. – Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, 2016
We examine the reliance on rubrics for educational evaluation and explore whether such tools fulfill their promise. Following Wittgensteinian critical strategies, we explore what "the application of the [rubric] picture looks like" and then evaluate (a) whether those benefits are attributable to rubric use at all, and (b) whether any of…
Descriptors: Scoring Rubrics, Educational Assessment, Student Evaluation, Educational Benefits
Goldhaber, Dan; Loeb, Susanna – Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2013
Better teacher evaluation should lead to better instruction and improved outcomes for students, but more accurate classification of teachers requires better information than is now available. Because existing measures of performance are incomplete and imperfect, measured performance does not always reflect true performance. Teachers who are truly…
Descriptors: Personnel Management, Personnel Policy, Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Effectiveness
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De Witte, Kristof; Rogge, Nicky – Economics of Education Review, 2011
Students' evaluations of teacher performance (SETs) are increasingly used by universities. However, SETs are controversial mainly due to two issues: (1) teachers value various aspects of excellent teaching differently, and (2) SETs should not be determined on exogenous influences. Therefore, this paper constructs SETs using a tailored version of…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, College Students, College Faculty, Error of Measurement
Cai, Li; Monroe, Scott – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2014
We propose a new limited-information goodness of fit test statistic C[subscript 2] for ordinal IRT models. The construction of the new statistic lies formally between the M[subscript 2] statistic of Maydeu-Olivares and Joe (2006), which utilizes first and second order marginal probabilities, and the M*[subscript 2] statistic of Cai and Hansen…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Models, Goodness of Fit, Probability
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Ludtke, Oliver; Marsh, Herbert W.; Robitzsch, Alexander; Trautwein, Ulrich – Psychological Methods, 2011
In multilevel modeling, group-level variables (L2) for assessing contextual effects are frequently generated by aggregating variables from a lower level (L1). A major problem of contextual analyses in the social sciences is that there is no error-free measurement of constructs. In the present article, 2 types of error occurring in multilevel data…
Descriptors: Simulation, Educational Psychology, Social Sciences, Measurement
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