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Peer reviewedMislevy, Robert J.; And Others – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1992
Concepts behind plausible values in estimating population characteristics from sparse matrix samples of item responses are discussed. The use of marginal analyses is described in the context of the National Assessment of Educational Progress, and the approach is illustrated with Scholastic Aptitude Test data for 9,075 high school seniors. (SLD)
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Educational Assessment, Equations (Mathematics), Estimation (Mathematics)
