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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Test bias"”.
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Prior Knowledge and Reading Comprehension Test Bias
This dissertation examined bias, especially that due to prior knowledge, in tests of reading comprehension. A pilot study demonstrated that prior knowledge has a strong and measurable effect on comprehension from expository text, even when measured with multiple choice questions. This was …
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An investigation of test bias of a kindergarten screening battery in predicting achievement and educational placement for American Indians and Caucasians
… variables were the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised (PPVT-R), the Kindergarten Language Screening Test (KLST), the Developmental Visual-Motor Integration Test (VMI), the Draw-A-Child (DAC), race, and the four race x KSB test vectors. Criterion variables were the Stanford Achievement Test …
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Examining the Measurement Invariance of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form Internalizing Specific Problem Scales in African- American and Caucasian Men
<p>Test bias has long been an area of investigation in the personality assessment literature, including the MMPI-2-RF. Research on previous versions of the MMPI and MMPI-2-RF has pointed to mixed results. The current study aims to examine test bias on the MMPI-2-RF’s nine Internalizing Specific …
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Assessing student success: Predictive validity of the ACT science subscore
… of students admitted. The use of standardized tests continues to grow to help in these admissions decisions. Due to both high usage rates and the changing demographics of our nation’s student population, the study of test bias is still a relevant conversation today. Aside from larger issues of …
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Examining the Appropriateness of the PPUT-111 as a Measure of Vocabulary Development in Linguistically Diverse Kindergarten Children
… children using the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test –Third Edition (PPVT-III, Dunn & Dunn, 1997). Questions have been asked about whether the PPVT-III is an appropriate measure to use with young English Language Learners (ELL) because items may be culturally or linguistically biased. Further, it …
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An Automated Test Assembly Approach Using Item Response Theory to Enhance Evidence of Measurement Invariance
When creating a new test to measure a latent trait, test developers must select items that together demonstrate desirable psychometric properties. Automated test assembly (ATA) algorithms allow test developers to systematically compare possible item combinations based on the test’s goals. ATA …
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Reading Results: A Critical Look at Standarized Testing and the Linguistic Minority
… critical look into assessing the Standardized Test and Reporting (STAR) test data among English language learners gives educators a chance to examine the cultural biases present within the standardized test movement started by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. In particular, The STAR test …
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The cultural-distance perspective: an exploratory analysis of its effect on learning and intelligence
… distance from the major culture, on which test questions of a test are based and validated, will determine that sub-culture’s group sub-score pattern in relation to the sub-score pattern of the norming population. Therefore minority member performance on tests based and validated on the …
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Validity study on the Zulu Discus Behavioural Profiling System for South African conditions
Thesis (M.Tech.: Human Resources Management)-Dept. of Human Resources Management, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2008.
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Educators' Perceptions of Reasons for and Strategies to Correct the Underrepresentation of African Americans in Gifted Education Programs
… potential of African American students; (10) Test bias works against African American students; (11) Student unwillingness to participate in the program is problematic. As a result of the principals' interviews, nine strategies were formulated to address the underrepresentation of African …
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Examination of Racial Bias on the MMPI-2 Restructured Form among African Americans and Caucasians
… ambiguity concerning the possibility of racial bias on measures assessing psychopathology. The current study examined the extent to which the MMPI-2-RF is affected by racial bias. Using a sample of 1017 college students, the current study examined whether ethnicity acted as a moderating variable …
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AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF THE DETERMINANTS OF NIGERIA’S INWARD FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT (FDI) FLOWS: A COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS
… cointegration technique (the ARLD bounds testing approach to cointegration); (iii)To interpret and discuss the results, identifying the main findings, and draw out key policy implications. The study uses annual data from 1970 to 2014 and employs the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) …
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A potential framework for the debate on general cognitive ability and testing
… on general cognitive ability (GCA) and GCA testing was reexamined. First, a review of a recent literary debate on topics related to GCA was conducted. Then, a six-factor model of beliefs was hypothesized. One factor represented the belief in the primary importance of GCA among trait …
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Characteristics of Contemporary U.S. Progressive Middle Schools
… decisions, Decisions are made based upon the greatest good for the greatest number, Consensus is preferred to majority rule, Decisions are made that create inclusion versus exclusion of stakeholders. This dissertation is accompanied by an MP4 video of the author’s introduction. The electronic …
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Two Essays on Asset Pricing
… error terms in the Fama-MacBeth regressions of tests of the CAPM, thereby creating a downward bias in the estimated market risk premiums. The procedure of using portfolio returns and betas does not necessarily eliminate this bias. Depending upon the grouping variable used to form portfolios, the …