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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: 2017

NAEP Technical DocumentationProportion 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: 2017

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: 2017
Type of contrastNumber of contrastsMeanMinimumMaximumNumber of contrasts by proportion of variance explained 1
.00 - .70.70 - .80.80 - .90.90 - .95.95 - 1.00
All contrasts1456.90.601.001082565489310
Student questionnaire244.92.73.9909627796
Major reporting variables163.91.631.0014584951
Interactions between reporting variables173.88.60.98813666422
Teacher questionnaire429.91.69.9911516814996
School questionnaire413.89.73.9803220114436
SD/EL questionnaire34.88.75.99091069
1 (Total Variance – Residual Variance) / Total Variance, where Total Variance consists of sampling, measurement, and other sources of error.
NOTE: 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), 2017 Mathematics Assessment.


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