The customary large-sample lumping method of standardizing tests produced complaints that whole classes were placed too high or too low and that rankings across tests diverged¶
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q1 i? The article reports complaints about customary standardization practice: results placing whole classes very much too high or too low and widely different rankings on two or more tests. → Walter F. Dearborn and Edward A. Lincoln 1922
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Walter F. Dearborn and Edward A. Lincoln 1922¶
Walter F. Dearborn and Edward A. Lincoln. (1922). How the Dearborn Intelligence Examination Standards Were Obtained. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0075378
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Opening motivational report by the authors, characterizing problems with the customary practice of combining results from as many children as possible; the article offers no statistics on these complaints.
"Complaints have been heard that the results of some of the tests place whole classes very much too high or too low, and that the rankings obtained on two or more tests are sometimes widely different."
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Related Claims¶
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The customary large-sample lumping method of standardizing tests produced complaints that whole classes were placed too high or too low and that rankings across tests diverged |
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The customary large-sample lumping method of standardizing tests produced complaints that whole classes were placed too high or too low and that rankings across tests diverged |
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