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ERIC Number: EJ677575
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0141-1926
The Effects of Age-based and Grade-based Sampling on the Relative Standing of Countries in International Comparative Studies of Student Achievement.
O'Leary, Michael
British Educational Research Journal, v27 n2 p187-200 Apr 2001
Reports discrepancies between published outcomes from two international tests of science achievement: (1) Second International Assessment of Educational Progress (IAEP) administered in 1991; and (2) Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) administered in 1995. States initial comparisons suggested outcome inconsistencies for 11 countries other than Ireland. Finds sampling accounted for some discrepancies. (BT)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Sampling, Sciences
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Ireland; Sampling Error
Note: The British Educational Research Journal is a refereed journal.