Bias from the use of mean-based methods on test scores
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Keywords
dmissible statistics; test scores; educational achievement; item response theory; IQ; PISA.;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C40 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - General
- I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ECM-2011-01-23 (Econometrics)
- NEP-LAB-2011-01-23 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-URE-2011-01-23 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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