Assumptions and Conditions for using Statistical Tests Bright Eugene Imo State University‚ Owerri ABSTRACT All statistical procedures have underlying assumptions‚ some more stringent than others. In some cases‚ violation of these assumptions will not change substantive research conclusions. In other cases‚ violation of assumptions will undermine meaningful research. Establishing that one’s data meet the assumptions of the procedure one is using in an expected component of all quantitatively
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Reliability‚ Validity and Accuracy - what do they mean? (To be read in conjunction with an article originally published in Curriculum Support‚ Science‚ 2001 Vol. 6 No. 3) Reliability and validity are two terms that continue to cause problems for teachers and students. Students in Stage 4/5 are required to evaluate evidence for reliability and validity. In Stage 6 they are required to discuss and explain how they would improve the validity and reliability of a first-hand investigation. They could
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Kelsey Steiner Psychology 5th hour 11/7/13 Keirsey Temperament Sorter Follow-up Assignment (1) Reflect on the results on this personality assessment? Do you believe it fits with what you know about yourself? Why or why not? I was given Idealist Champion. I believe it does reflect me‚ but only to an extent. Champions have a wide range and variety of emotions‚ and a great passion for novelty. I believe that to be true‚ but not 100% of the time. I tend to have trouble dealing with my emotions and
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Preschool Policy Facts NIEER NIEER National Institute for Early Education Research 120 Albany Street‚ Suite 500 New Brunswick‚ NJ 08901 Tel (732) 932-4350 Fax (732) 932-4360 www.nieer.org Preschool Assessment: A Guide to Developing a Balanced Approach by Ann S. Epstein‚ Lawrence J. Schweinhart‚ Andrea DeBruin-Parecki and Kenneth B. Robin Child assessment is a vital and growing component of high-quality early childhood programs. Not only is it an important tool in understanding and supporting
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It all started in my 2rd grade math class. My teacher‚ I can’t remember her name‚ gave us a minute math test and I bombed it. I have always been a perfectionist‚ so bombing my first test was devastating; I think I cried. Every test that I took after that one‚ I was determined to pass with the highest score possible. In result‚ I developed test anxiety. My test anxiety intensified when I started to take standardized tests. Standardized test came into play when I was in 3rd grade. For some reason
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Discussion In the patellar reflex experiment‚ the class results have shown the reaction is faster with performing the Jendrassik’s maneuver. Our group hypothesis was proven incorrect. The source of error in this experiment would be the subject can easily control the skeletal muscles which would be voluntarily because the subject was not blindfolded. Therefore‚ the subject can see the rubber coming at their knee and is expecting the knee to jerk. It’s hard to consider this exact result when the subject
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Introduction Does all society know standardized testing robs their children from their childhoods? State governments use a horrible and unfair resources to measure different student’s achievements. Other than stressing out the students‚ the tests only measure a small portion of essential education. State governments should allow school districts to replace standardized testing with authentic tests for each student to ensure individual success. Standardized testing is an undependable and an unfair
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September 14‚ 2013 THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT LEARNING Principles are lighthouses. They do not move. We cannot break them; we can only break ourselves against them. --Stephen R. Covey A. The Principle of Clarity Learning Evaluation should bebased on clearly stated objectives. An objective is defined as the statement of the expected behaviors that the student should display after instruction or teaching. These objectives serve as basis for constructing and using
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Ethnicity The impact that education makes on one’s life is greatly diverse‚ while there are several factors that shape this‚ ethnicity plays a huge role. An individual’s upbringing plays a major role in one’s student learning‚ not only how one was raised will affect their education‚ where one is raised also does. Ethnicity is the interrelationship between gender‚ and class‚ it is the state of belonging to a particular social group that follows a cultural tradition. Where one lives‚ grows up‚
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Supplemental Reading: Stereotype Threat In the article “A Threat in the Air: How Stereotypes Shape Intellectual Identity and Performance‚” Claude Steele discusses the empirical methods used to test a psychological theory called stereotype threat. Stereotype threat offers a new method for interpreting “group differences in standardized test scores‚” particularly for African-Americans taking standardized verbal tests and for women taking standardized math tests (p. 613). It states that if someone is
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