A New Approach to Avoiding Problems of Scale in Interpreting Trends in Mental Measurement Data.
作者： Henry I. Braun
DOI: 10.1111/J.1745-3984.1988.TB00301.X
关键词: Data collection 、 Reading (process) 、 Mathematics education 、 Psychometrics 、 Interpretation (philosophy) 、 Data science 、 Psychology 、 Scale (social sciences) 、 Task (project management) 、 Academic achievement 、 Achievement test
摘要: Extracting policy-relevant information from large national surveys of educational achievement is ordinarily a nontrivial task. It made more treacherous when the data are expressed on scales that not uniquely determined. The paper begins with critical analysis recent attempt to interpret findings reading obtained by National Assessment Educational Progress (NAEP). then describes new approach quantification and interpretation change demonstrates its appropriateness for repeated cross-sectional designs such as NAEP. Limitations imposed survey design nature measurements highlighted
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