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Direct linkMay, Henry – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2006
In this article, a new method is presented and implemented for deriving a scale of socioeconomic status (SES) from international survey data using a multilevel Bayesian item response theory (IRT) model. The proposed model incorporates both international anchor items and nation-specific items and is able to (a) produce student family SES scores…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Bayesian Statistics, Socioeconomic Status, Scaling
Download full textAoyama, Kazuhiro; Stephens, Max – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2003
Many educators and researchers are trying to define statistical literacy for the 21st century. Kimura, a Japanese science educator, has suggested that a key task of statistical literacy is the ability to extract qualitative information from quantitative information, and/or to create new information from qualitative and quantitative information.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Program Validation, Item Analysis
