Measuring Comparability of Standards between Subjects: Why Our Statistical Techniques Do Not Make the Grade.

Newton, Paul E.

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ERIC Number: EJ574432

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Publication Date: 1997

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Measuring Comparability of Standards between Subjects: Why Our Statistical Techniques Do Not Make the Grade.

Newton, Paul E.

British Educational Research Journal, v23 n4 p433-49 Sep 1997

Focuses on Subject-Pair Analysis, a technique for comparing examinations in different subjects, to demonstrate that reliance on statistical comparisons of standards between subjects is misplaced. Explicates the fundamental assumptions underlying the Subject-Pair Analysis. Argues that this and related analyses are inappropriate for dealing with the type of data examinations generate. (DSK)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Foreign Countries, Grades (Scholastic), Higher Education, Intellectual Disciplines, Standards, Statistical Analysis, Test Use, Validity

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Great Britain)

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