Analyzing distributions in school effects reesarch: An empirical illustration

A procedure for analyzing relationships involving distributions that is more informative about causal and other relationships than are analyses based on summary measures is presented. A regression model was fitted to schools that participated in the 1980 High School and Beyond survey and found that...

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Published in:Sociology of education 1993-10, Vol.66 (4), p.278
Main Authors: Namboodiri, Krishnan, Corwin, Ronald G, Dorsten, Linda Eberst
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Education
Polls & surveys
Schools
Social research
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Summary:A procedure for analyzing relationships involving distributions that is more informative about causal and other relationships than are analyses based on summary measures is presented. A regression model was fitted to schools that participated in the 1980 High School and Beyond survey and found that the median test scores were affected negatively by the ratio of administrators to teachers.
ISSN:0038-0407
1939-8573