Educational Testing: Inferences in Relevant Subpopulations

Criticizes the statistical procedures commonly employed to justify assumptions of the comparable validity and predictability of cognitive tests among different populations. (GC)

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Published in:Educational researcher 1982-10, Vol.11 (8), p.4-28
Main Author: Novick, Melvin R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis of Covariance
Analysis of Variance
Aptitude tests
Coaching
Comparative Analysis
Educational research
Educational testing
Elementary Secondary Education
Employment
Gender discrimination
Groups
Higher Education
Inference
Paradoxes
Population mean
Predictive Validity
Racial Bias
Regression (Statistics)
Sex Bias
Standardized Tests
Statistical Bias
Test Bias
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Summary:Criticizes the statistical procedures commonly employed to justify assumptions of the comparable validity and predictability of cognitive tests among different populations. (GC)
ISSN:0013-189X
1935-102X
DOI:10.2307/1175579