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ERIC Number: EJ300508
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Estimating the Effects of Reducing the Number of Papers in an Examination.
Cresswell, M. J.
Educational Studies, v10 n1 p1-5 1984
The usual measure of achieved weight gives an exaggerated impression of the impact that removing a paper from an examination will have. A more accurate indicator of the influence of removing a paper is given by expressing its observed score variance as a proportion of the variance of the total. (Author/IS)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Statistics, Student Evaluation, Tests
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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