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Johnson, Wendy; Deary, Ian J.; Bouchard, Thomas J., Jr. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2018
Most study samples show less variability in key variables than do their source populations due most often to indirect selection into study participation associated with a wide range of personal and circumstantial characteristics. Formulas exist to correct the distortions of population-level correlations created. Formula accuracy has been tested…
Descriptors: Correlation, Sampling, Statistical Distributions, Accuracy
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Cleary, James – 1986
The term "cluster analysis" refers to a set of statistical methods that classify entities with similar profiles of scores on a number of measured dimensions, in order to create empirically based typologies. A 1980 Minnesota House Research Report employed cluster analysis to categorize school districts according to their relative mixtures…
Descriptors: Assessed Valuation, Economic Status, Elementary Secondary Education, Fiscal Capacity