Comments on Holland and Wainer's "Sources of Uncertainty Often Ignored in Adjusting State Mean SAT Scores for Differential Participation Rates: The Rules of the Game.".

Edwards, Don; Cummings, Cynthia B.

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Publication Date: 1990

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Comments on Holland and Wainer's "Sources of Uncertainty Often Ignored in Adjusting State Mean SAT Scores for Differential Participation Rates: The Rules of the Game."

Edwards, Don; Cummings, Cynthia B.

Applied Measurement in Education, v3 n4 p369-76 1990

An evolved form of the Edwards and Beckworth (1989) model for probability selection for Scholastic Achievement Test takers using truncated normal distributions is presented. It is shown that the arguments of Holland and Wainer are not sufficient to reject this model. (SLD)

Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Models, Participation, Probability, Scores, Selection, State Programs, Statistical Distributions, Test Results, Testing Programs

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: SAT (College Admission Test)

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