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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 Meaning Vocabulary 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 meaning vocabulary combined national and state assessment: 2013
Type of contrastNumber of contrastsMeanMinimumMaximumNumber of contrasts by proportion1 of variance explained
.00 - .70.70 - .80.80 - .90.90 - .95.95 - 1.00
† Not applicable.
11 (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 Reading Assessment.
Total44.91.6512651714
Student questionnaire5.98.96100005
Major reporting variables13.92.80101354
Interactions between reporting variables26.88.651252125
Teacher questionnaire
School questionnaire
NIES questionnaire
SD/ELL questionnaire

Last updated 21 May 2017 (DC)