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ERIC Number: EJ604323
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0731-1745
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Comparing the Incomparable: An Essay on the Importance of Big Assumptions and Scant Evidence.
Wainer, Howard
Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, v18 n4 p10-16 Win 1999
Discusses the comparison of groups of individuals who were administered different forms of a test. Focuses on the situation in which there is little overlap in content between the test forms. Reviews equating problems in national tests in Canada and Israel. (SLD)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Equated Scores, Foreign Countries, National Competency Tests, Test Format, Test Items
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada; Israel
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