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Glasnapp, Douglas R. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1984
The concept of change is related to suppressor variable conditions in a least square regression model. The domain of conditions necessary for a weighted change score composite to emerge as an underlying construct is mapped and the information loss through arbitrary assignment of weights to a change composite is explored. (Author/BW)
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Least Squares Statistics, Mathematical Models, Pretests Posttests