Open AccessA STUDY OF DISPLAY METHODS FOR NAEP RESULTS: I. TABLES
Author(s) -
Wainer Howard
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
ets research report series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.235
H-Index - 5
ISSN - 2330-8516
DOI - 10.1002/j.2333-8504.1995.tb01645.x
Subject(s) - citation , computer science , mathematics education , psychology , library science
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is an enormous and enormously ambitious project. It generates data of a richness and complexity beyond any simple survey. The broad utilization of the information it provides can be aided through the use of more evocative data displays. In this report, the uses to which data tables are put is examined, and ways are suggested in which the construction of tables can be modified to enable them to carry out their roles more efficaciously. A theoretical stro-,:t.,re is also discussed to aid in the development of test items to tap students' proficiency in extracting information from tlbles. Five figures and 18 tables illustrate the discussion. (Contains 17 references.) (SLD) **. Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document.