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VET Program Completion Rates: An Evaluation of the Current Method. Occasional Paper
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National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2016
This work asks one simple question: "how reliable is the method used by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) to estimate projected rates of VET program completion?" In other words, how well do early projections align with actual completion rates some years later? Completion rates are simple to calculate with a…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Graduation Rate, Predictive Measurement, Predictive Validity
The Effect of "Faking Good" on the Personal Orientation Inventory
Rowe, Wayne – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1973
A group of 44 undergraduates was administered the Personal Orientation Inventory under different instructions to fake good'' toward two expectations. Results indicated that scores were significantly affected in the hypothesized directions. Earlier findings about the effect of dissimulation on PO1 scores were equivocal and conclusions expressed…
Descriptors: College Students, Data Analysis, Interest Inventories, Interests
The Gathering and Use of Data.
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Mauch, James E.; And Others – 1970
Fundamental problems in the collection and use of data, in particular the need to develop and use criteria for data, are discussed. Specific examples of the use and misuse of data related to teachers and children in the public schools are presented. Two methods of data collection--manifest techniques and formal response instruments--are evaluated…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Research, Evaluation Methods
Simplex Analyses of the Test Data: What Can They Tell Us?
Frayer, Dorothy A. – 1971
A Paradigm for testing concept attainment, comprised of twelve tasks, was formulated. These tasks were hypothesized to form a cumulative hierarchy. Tests were constructed in mathematics and social studies using the paradigm. Data for these tests was analyzed by Kaiser's method for fitting a perfect simplex and Schonemann's method for fitting a…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Correlation, Data Analysis, Error of Measurement
ADEQUACY OF TEST VALIDITIES FOR INDIVIDUAL PREDICTION.
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WEITZ, HENRY – 1967
COUNSELORS OFTEN ADMINISTER TESTS OF QUESTIONABLE VALIDITY. IN RELIABILITY STUDIES, EVERY PRECAUTION IS TAKEN TO STABILIZE THE STIMULUS SITUATION. IN ASSESSING VALIDITY, CONCERN CENTERS ON BEHAVIOR UNDER DIFFERENT STIMULUS CONDITIONS. CRONBACH'S THEORETICAL LIMIT FOR A VALIDITY COEFFICIENT OF A TEST IS THE SQUARE ROOT OF THE RELIABILITY…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Counseling, Counseling, Counseling Objectives
Motivation Measure for Elementary School (Origin-Pawn Measure). Final Report.
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De Charms, Richard – 1971
The object of this research was to develop a measure of motivation of elementary school children to predict academic achievement independent of intelligence. Three basic steps were proposed to analyze data from approximately200 Black children. These steps were: l) operational (content) analysis of two free response measures, resulting in a coder's…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Youth, Data Analysis, Elementary School Students