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NAEP Technical DocumentationFinal Sampling Parameter Values for Trial Urban District Assessment Districts

The following table lists the final sampling parameters bj for the Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA) districts (the subscript j indicates district). The definition of these sampling parameters and their role in sample selection is discussed on the page Computation of Measures of Size.

Final sampling parameter values, by grade and TUDA district: 2002
TUDA1 District Fourth-grade bj value Eighth-grade bj value
Atlanta, GA 0.009011 0.012620
Chicago, IL 0.002098 0.002107
Houston, TX 0.002814 0.003709
Los Angeles, CA 0.001290 0.001601
New York City, NY 0.000606 0.000732
1 Trial Urban District Assessment
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2002.

Last updated 14 March 2008 (PE)

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