The relative error magnitude in three measures of change |
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Authors: | Donald W. Zimmerman Richard H. Williams |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Psychology, Carleton University, K1S 5B6 Ottawa, Canada;(2) University of Miami, USA |
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Abstract: | Formulas for the standard error of measurement of three measures of change—simple difference scores, residualized difference scores, and the measure introduced by Tucker, Damarin, and Messick—are derived. Equating these formulas by pairs yields additional explicit formulas which provide a practical guide for determining the relative error of the three measures in any pretest-posttest design. The functional relationship between the standard error of measurement and the correlation between pretest and posttest observed scores remains essentially the same for each of the three measures despite variations in other test parameters (reliability coefficients, standard deviations), even when pretest and posttest errors of measurement are correlated. |
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Keywords: | difference scores gain scores residualized differences Tucker-Damarin-Messick measures |
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