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Measuring Youth Development: A Nonparametric Cross-Country "Youth Welfare Index"
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Chaaban, Jad M. – Social Indicators Research, 2009
This paper develops an empirical methodology for the construction of a synthetic multi-dimensional cross-country comparison of the performance of governments around the world in improving the livelihood of their younger population. The devised "Youth Welfare Index" is based on the nonparametric Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) methodology and…
Descriptors: Nonparametric Statistics, Research Methodology, Evaluation Methods, Comparative Education
Comparison of Four IRT Models When Analyzing Two Tests for Inductive Reasoning.
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de Koning, Els; Sijtsma, Klaas; Hamers, Jo H. M. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2002
Discusses the use of the nonparametric item response theory (IRT) Mokken models of monotone homogeneity and double monotonicity and the parametric Rasch and Verhelst models for the analysis of binary test data. Concludes that the simultaneous use of several IRT models for practical data analysis provides more insight into the structure of tests…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Induction, Item Response Theory, Nonparametric Statistics