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ERIC Number: EJ385032
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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False Confidence in Intervals: Inaccuracies in Reporting Confidence Intervals.
Schulte, Ann C.; Borich, Gary D.
Psychology in the Schools, v25 n4 p405-12 Oct 1988
Examines various procedures for constructing confidence intervals that have been suggested in measurement texts in relation to their approximation to the most accurate procedure that uses the estimated true score as the center of the confidence interval and the standard error of estimate to determine width. (Author/ABL)
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Scores, Test Construction, Test Interpretation, Test Norms, Test Validity
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Confidence Intervals (Statistics)