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AN EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS OF PERFORMANCE ON THE SAT
Author(s) -
WAINER HOWARD
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of educational measurement
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.917
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1745-3984
pISSN - 0022-0655
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-3984.1984.tb00222.x
Subject(s) - ethnic group , aptitude , test (biology) , exploratory research , psychology , exploratory analysis , achievement test , mathematics education , computer science , developmental psychology , standardized test , data science , social science , sociology , paleontology , anthropology , biology
Methods of exploratory data analysis are used to decompose data tables that portray the performance of various ethnic groups on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). These analyses show the size and structure of the differences in performance among the ethnic groups studied, the nature of changes across time, and the interactions between ethnic group membership and time. Suggestions regarding the clear display of results from data in this form are made and illustrated.