The Constant and Variable Errors of Educational Measurements (Classic Reprint) - Rilegato

Monroe, Walter Scott

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ISBN 10: 0331287927 ISBN 13: 9780331287929

Casa editrice: Forgotten Books, 2018

Riassunto

Excerpt from The Constant and Variable Errors of Educational Measurements

A constant error is one which has the same magnitude for all of the scores of a given group. In other words the presence of a constant error results in all the scores' of this group being either too high or too low. In the field of physical measurement we have an illustration of a constant error when a merchant gives short weights, such as a grocer who uses a peck or bushel measure which has a false bottom. The group of scores to which a given constant error applies may be those of a class, a school system or a group of school systems. It is possible that a given constant error would affect the scores made by boys and not those made by girls even when both sexes are tested together. Furthermore, it should be noted that a constant error may be either positive or negative.

A variable error of measurement is one which varies or differs in magnitude for the several scores of a given group. We may secure an illustration of variable errors in the field of physicalmeasurement by having a group of persons guess the length of a given object, for example, a table or even a pencil. If these guesses are made independently they are found to extend over a considerable range. In order to determine the magnitude of the variable errors involved in any guess it is necessary to determine the true length. In our illustration this might be done by having the length carefully measured by means of a yardstick or a tapeline. However, if we have secured a reasonably large number of guesses we may obtain an approximately true measure of the length by taking the average of the guesses. The difference between the true measure and any guess constitutes a variable error.1 Some-of these differences are positive and some negative. A few approximate zero.

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• Editore: Forgotten Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0331287927
• ISBN 13: 9780331287929
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 38
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