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Peer reviewedBajgier, Steve M.; Aggarwal, Lalit K. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1991
Ignorance of the characteristics of a mixed population may lead to bias in a summary measure of a phenomenon. A test based on sample kurtosis is demonstrated by a simulation study to be more powerful than six other known tests in detecting a class of mixed normal distributions. (SLD)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Simulation, Equations (Mathematics), Goodness of Fit
PDF pending restorationBianchini, John C.; Loret, Peter G. – 1974
The Anchor Test Study provides a method for translating a pupil's score on any one of eight widely used standardized reading tests for Grades 4, 5, and 6 to a corresponding score on any of the other seven tests, as well as furnishing new nationally representative norms for each of the eight tests. In addition, the study presents new estimates of…
Descriptors: Correlation, Elementary School Students, Equated Scores, Grade 4
