ERIC Number: ED213732
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1979-Nov
Pages: 42
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A Two-Stage Procedure for Selecting the Best of Several Binomial Populations; [and] Some Exact Sample Sizes for Comparing the Squared Multiple Correlation Coefficient to a Standard; [and] An Improved Decision-Theoretic Coefficient for Tests. Studies in Measurement and Methodology, Work Unit 3: Technical Adequacy of Tests.
Wilcox, Rand R.
Three separate papers are included in this report. The first describes a two-stage procedure for choosing from among several instructional programs the one which maximizes the probability of passing the test. The second gives the exact sample sizes required to determine whether a squared multiple correlation coefficient is above or below a known constant, rather than testing the null hypothesis. The results reported here also give a lower bound to the probability of making a correct decision when observations are available. The third paper proposes a rescaling of the Bayes risk. The motivation for this new coefficient was to provide an index that has a large value when the Bayes risk is small, and that has a value in the closed interval between zero and one. (Author/BW)
Publication Type: Collected Works - General; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Inst. of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: California Univ., Los Angeles. Center for the Study of Evaluation.
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