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Connor, Ethel Green – 1983
A study was conducted to detect possible bias in the prediction of school achievement with family background variables and the effects of biased selection on the classifications of exceptional schools. Bias was examined by testing the equality of subpopulation regressions for predominately Black, Hispanic and White school subgroups. Significant…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bias, Black Students, Differences
Peterson, Paul E. – 1979
America's public education is often cited as an example of America's commitment to equality, yet it is supported primarily at the local government level, the level least able to further the redistribution of wealth. Data in the Coleman Report, misrepresented in the report itself as indicating that schools have little effect on the development of…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Differences, Economics, Elementary Secondary Education
Jensen, Arthur R. – 1979
The uses of data on siblings for educational and psychological research purposes are explained. Examples are based on empirical data. Five types of research problems, using sibling data, are explored: (1) statistical control of family background variance in psychological or educational studies which use analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) or multiple…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Analysis of Covariance, Cognitive Measurement, Correlation
