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The Concepts of Over-and Under-Achievementreviewed by Julian C. Stanley & Gene Glass - 1964 Title: The Concepts of Over-and Under-Achievement Author(s): R. L. Thorndike Publisher: John Wiley, New York ISBN: , Pages: , Year: Search for book at Amazon.com In his characteristically clear, insightful way Professor Thorndike treats the titled topic and related matters of importance to educational researchers. He addresses the educational researcher who has had at least one course, and preferably two, in applied statistics, with emphasis on correlation and reliability. Others will find much of his prose intelligible but may not understand the statistical portions.
Thorndike shows that the typical studies of over- and underachievement (or, what is essentially the same, of under- and over-predictedness) are marred by methodological ineptness, especially the failure to recognize regression toward the mean due to errors of measurement for what it is: Those persons who score high on a test relative to others tested with them tend to score too high because of positive errors of measurement, and those who score low tend to score too low because of negative errors of measurement. Upon retest with a comparable form of the... (preview truncated at 150 words.)To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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