Evidence on the uncertainty attached to school and individual scores is required to avoid overinterpretation of scores. Generalizability analysis provides a standard error (SE) that is a suitable indicator of uncertainty; a value can be obtained for a design already executed or for a design being considered for possible use. Assessments depart from traditional measurements in ways that require ...

The generalizability of PBE solvers is the key to empirical synthesis performance. Despite importance generalizability, related studies on are still limited. In theory, few existing provide theoretical guarantees and in practice, there a lack with satisfactory important domains such as conditional linear integer arithmetic (CLIA). this paper, we adopt concept from computational learning Occam l...

When assessing causal effects, determining the target population to which results are intended generalize is a critical decision. Randomized and observational studies each have strengths limitations for estimating effects in population. Estimates from randomized data may internal validity but often not representative of Observational better reflect population, hence be more likely external vali...

The big data imposes the key problem of generalizability of the results. In the present contribution, we discuss statistical tools which can help to select variables adequate for target level of abstraction. We show that a model considered as over-fitted in one context can be accurate in another. We illustrate this notion with an example analysis experiment on the data from 13 university Massiv...

Social support theory typically explains perceived support's link to mental health as reflecting the role of specific supportive actions (i.e., enacted support).Yet enacted support typically is not linked to mental health and perceived support as predicted by theory. The links are examined among enacted support, affect, and perceived support when links reflected (a) aspects of support and affec...

When combining item types within assessments, it is important to consider the reliability of scores for each item type and the reliability of composite scores. This study investigated the effect of scoring procedures, section weights, and numbers of items per section on reliability, error variance, and conditional standard errors of measurement, using multivariate generalizability theory techni...

INTRODUCTION The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) is widely used to assess the clinical performance of medical students. However, concerns related to cost, availability, and validity, have led educators to investigate alternatives to the OSCE. Some alternatives involve assessing students while they provide care to patients - the mini-CEX (mini-Clinical Evaluation Exercise) and t...

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