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Adapting the Robust Effect Size Cliff's Delta to Compare Behaviour Profiles
Survey Research Methods, 2022 Cliff’s Delta is a non-parametric effect size that is based on data observations. In this paper, we introduce an adaptation of Cliff’s Delta in order to compare behaviour profiles.
Frank Bais, Joost van der Neut
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Measuring Education and Skill [PDF]
The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2014 This article reviews recent developments in measuring education and skill that need to be taken into account in any new initiative to monitor social mobility. Over the past half-century, patterns of educational participation and attainment have become more heterogeneous, a trend that has been accompanied by increases in assessment and testing ...
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مجله علوم روانشناختی, 2022 Background: Scoring and analysis of Forced Choice(FC) scale has caused a great deal of controversy among researchers. Most of the discussions are related to the superficiality of the obtained results due to the ipsative nature of FC scale datas.
Parviz Fadakar Gabalou +4 more
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Getting the Measure of Measurement: Global educational opportunity [PDF]
Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2015 Although measurement is widely misused in education, it is indispensable in addressing the problems of injustice in global educational opportunity. Considering how the case can be made for legitimate use of measurement in normative analysis and argument, we explore ways in which metrics have featured in the formulation of theories of justice, with ...
Enslin, Penny, Tjiattas, Mary
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Aggressive Behavior, Volume 49, Issue 1, Page 5-14, January 2023., 2023 Abstract This study uses longitudinal data from the UK Millennium Cohort Study (N = 13,277) to examine the childhood and early adolescence factors that predict weapon involvement in middle adolescence, which in this study is exemplified by having carried or used a weapon.
Aase Villadsen, Emla Fitzsimons
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Development and Validation of a Vertical Scale for Formative Assessment in Mathematics
Frontiers in Education, 2019 The regular formative assessment of students' abilities across multiple school grades requires a reliable and valid vertical scale. A vertical scale is a precondition not only for comparing assessment results and measuring progress over time, but also ...
Stéphanie Berger +5 more
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Frontiers in Education, 2021 Multistage test (MST) designs promise efficient student ability estimates, an indispensable asset for individual diagnostics in high-stakes educational assessments.
Laura A. Helbling +2 more
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Aggressive Behavior, Volume 49, Issue 1, Page 85-95, January 2023., 2023 Abstract The past two decades have produced extensive evidence on the manifold and severe outcomes for victims of aggression exposure in the workplace. However, due to the dominating individual‐centered approach, most findings miss a social network perspective.
Alexander Herrmann +2 more
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Improvement of Measurement Efficiency in Multistage Tests by Targeted Assignment
Frontiers in Education, 2019 A good match between item difficulty and student ability ensures efficient measurement and prevents students from becoming discouraged or bored by test items that are too easy or too difficult.
Stéphanie Berger +5 more
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International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 2022 In traditional school-based learning, attendance was regarded as a proxy for engagement and key indicator for performance. However, few studies have explored the effect of in-class attendance in technology-enhanced courses that are increasingly provided ...
Chang Lu, Maria Cutumisu
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