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Dunn, Michelle C.; Kadane, Joseph B.; Garrow, John R. – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2003
This article addresses the relationship between academic achievement and the student characteristics of absence and mobility. Mobility is a measure of how often a student changes schools. Absence is how often a student misses class. Standardized test scores are used as proxies for academic achievement. A model for the full joint distribution of…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Academic Achievement, Probability, Student Mobility