ERIC Number: EJ1119924
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Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 5
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Representing Uncertainty on Model Analysis Plots
Smith, Trevor I.
Physical Review Physics Education Research, v12 n2 p023102-1-023102-5 Jul-Dec 2016
Model analysis provides a mechanism for representing student learning as measured by standard multiple-choice surveys. The model plot contains information regarding both how likely students in a particular class are to choose the correct answer and how likely they are to choose an answer consistent with a well-documented conceptual model. Unfortunately, Bao's original presentation of the model plot did not include a way to represent uncertainty in these measurements. I present details of a method to add error bars to model plots by expanding the work of Sommer and Lindell. I also provide a template for generating model plots with error bars.
Descriptors: Probability, Multiple Choice Tests, Surveys, Teaching Methods, Pretests Posttests, Matrices
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