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Download full textStenner, A. Jackson – 1996
This paper shows how the concept of general objectivity can be used to improve behavioral science measurement, particularly as it applies to the Lexile Framework, a tool for objectively measuring reading comprehension. It begins with a dialogue between a physicist and a psychometrician that details some of the differences between physical science…
Descriptors: Behavioral Sciences, Computation, Evaluation Research, Higher Education
