Why Use Arbitrary Points Scores: Ordered Categories in Models of Educational Progress.

Graded educational qualifications are commonly treated using arbitrary points scores in modelling educational progress. This paper discusses some of the problems of such pratices from statistical and substantive viewpoint. Random effects models of ordered categorisations are suggested as a preferable way of handling such issues.

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Year of publication:	1998
Authors:	Fielding, A.
Institutions:	Department of Economics, University of Birmingham
Subject:	EDUCATION \| ECONOMIC MODELS

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Series:	Discussion Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	36 pages
Classification:	I22 - Educational Finance ; C52 - Model Evaluation and Testing
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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