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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 4 Mathematics Combined National and State Assessment, by Type of Contrast: 2015

NAEP Technical Documentation Proportion of Variance of the Group-Defining Contrasts Accounted for by the Principal Components Used in the Population-Structure Model, Grade 4 Mathematics Combined National and State Assessment, by Type of Contrast: 2015

Proportion of variance of the group-defining contrasts accounted for by the principal components used in the population-structure model, grade 4 mathematics combined national and state assessment, by type of contrast: 2015
Type of contrastNumber of contrastsMeanMinimumMaximumNumber of contrasts by proportion of variance explained1
.00 - .70.70 - .80.80 - .90.90 - .95.95 - 1.00
All contrasts2424.90.661.001831132703505
Student questionnaire118.91.71.99011254339
Major reporting variables135.93.811.0000414351
Interactions between reporting variables281.90.66.981189912934
Teacher questionnaire898.90.75.99020415221242
School questionnaire720.90.79.9906402204108
NIES questionnaire234.87.71.990271355319
SD/EL questionnaire38.91.78.9901151012
(Total Variance – Residual Variance) / Total Variance, where Total Variance consists of sampling, measurement, and other sources of error.
NOTE: NIES = National Indian Education Study. SD/EL = Students with disabilities/English learners.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2015 Mathematics Assessment.

Last updated 26 November 2021 (ML)