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NAEP Analysis and ScalingEstimation of Population and Student Group DistributionsExamining the Population-Structure Models Used in NAEPProportion of Variance Accounted For by Principal Components Used in NAEP Population-Structure Models → Proportion of Variance of the Group-Defining Contrasts Accounted for by the Principal Components Used in the Population-Structure Model, Grade 8 Mathematics Combined National and State Assessment: 2013
NAEP Technical DocumentationProportion of variance of the group-defining contrasts accounted for by the principal components used in the population-structure model, grade 8 mathematics combined national and state assessment: 2013
Type of contrast Number of contrasts Mean Minimum Maximum Number of contrasts by proportion1 of variance explained
.00 - .70 .70 - .80 .80 - .90 .90 - .95 .95 - 1.00
(Total Variance – Residual Variance)/Total Variance, where Total Variance consists of sampling, measurement, and other sources of error.
NOTE: SD/ELL = Students with disabilities/English language learners.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2013 Mathematics Assessment.
All contrasts 1564 .90 .64 1.00 6 99 561 582 316
Student questionnaire 225 .89 .72 .99 0 46 38 89 52
Major reporting variables 125 .93 .75 1.00 0 3 28 43 51
Interactions between reporting variables 377 .90 .64 .98 6 18 100 196 57
Teacher questionnaire 277 .91 .73 .98 0 13 101 76 87
School questionnaire 523 .89 .75 .98 0 15 286 170 52
SD/ELL questionnaire 37 .91 .77 1.00 0 4 8 8 17

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