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, What does measurement mean in Determining the attributes or dimensions of an object,
education? skill, or knowledge.
What are some common tools used for Tape measures, scales, and meters.
measurement in education?
What are standard measurements in Raw scores, percentile ranks, and standard scores.
education?
What is the process of measurement? Determining or describing attributes or characteristics
of physical objects in terms of quantity.
What is the formula summarizing the Measurement of Quantity or Quality of Interest = True
principle of educational value plus random error.
measurement?
What are objective measurements? Measurements that do not depend on the person
taking them and yield consistent results.
What are subjective measurements? Measurements that can differ from one assessor to
another, often based on personal judgment.
What is an educational variable? A measurable characteristic of a student, such as age
or height.
What is an indicator in educational Denotes the presence (1) or absence (0) of a
measurement? measured characteristic.
How can class participation be By summing participation across recitations and
measured using indicators? dividing by the total number of recitations.
What constitutes a variable in A group of indicators that correlate highly with each
educational measurement? other.