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Predicting Higher Education Outcomes and Implications for a Postsecondary Institution Ratings System
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Walker, Eddie G., II – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2016
The accountability of colleges and universities is a high priority for those making policy decisions. The purpose of this study was to determine institutional characteristics predicting retention rates, graduation rates and transfer-out rates using publicly available data from the US Department of Education. Using regression analysis, it was…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Predictive Measurement, Predictive Validity, Prediction
What Dictates the Meaning of Test Linking? A Reaction to "Thinking about Linking"
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von Davier, Alina A. – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2010
The article "Thinking About Linking" by Newton (2010) presents a novel philosophical perspective on the way that educational assessments should be linked. Newton starts by describing the linking framework as it was characterized in various publications and identifies a cross-cultural dimension in the definitions and uses of test…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Assessment, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Criteria
Prediction and Explanation of Child Abuse: Cross-Validation of the Child Abuse Potential Inventory.
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Milner, Joel S.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1986
To provide cross-validation data for the Child Abuse Potential Inventory, classification rates were determined for 220 physical child abusers and matched control subjects. Using all protocols, a discriminant analysis indicated the Abuse scale correctly classified 85.4% of the subjects, with 82.7% of the abusers and 88.2% of the control subjects…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Classification, High Risk Persons, Identification
LIKELIHOOD RATIO TESTS OF HYPOTHESES ON MULTIVARIATE POPULATIONS, VOLUME II, TEST OF HYPOTHESIS--STATISTICAL MODELS FOR THE EVALUATION AND INTERPRETATION OF EDUCATIONAL CRITERIA. PART 4.
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SAW, J.G. – 1964
THIS PAPER DEALS WITH SOME TESTS OF HYPOTHESIS FREQUENTLY ENCOUNTERED IN THE ANALYSIS OF MULTIVARIATE DATA. THE TYPE OF HYPOTHESIS CONSIDERED IS THAT WHICH THE STATISTICIAN CAN ANSWER IN THE NEGATIVE OR AFFIRMATIVE. THE DOOLITTLE METHOD MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO EVALUATE THE DETERMINANT OF A MATRIX OF HIGH ORDER, TO SOLVE A MATRIX EQUATION, OR TO…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Classification, Data Analysis, Hypothesis Testing
An Evaluation of Computerized Tests as Predictors of Job Performance in Three Navy Ratings: I. Development of the Instruments. Final Report.
Cory, Charles H. – 1974
The potential usefulness of computerized tests for supplementing paper-and-pencil measures for predicting job performance abilities was the objective of a series of studies. This report covers the initial test development and analysis research. Eight computerized tests were constructed to measure five personal attributes identified in previous…
Descriptors: Classification, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Oriented Programs, Evaluation
Accuracy of Preschool Identification of Potential Learning Disabilities.
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Rubin, Rosalyn A.; And Others – 1976
Relationships between performance on two preschool administrations of the Metropolitan Readiness Tests (MRT) and Stanford Achievement Test (SAT) scores at age nine were examined for a sample of 732 children. Significant correlations, ranging from .50 to .71, were obtained between readiness scores and SAT scores on reading, spelling and arithmetic.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Classification, Correlation