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ERIC Number: EJ574432
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0141-1926
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: Great Britain