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The Regression of Gains Upon Initial Scores

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

R. F. Garside
R. F. Garside*
Affiliation:
University of Durham, England
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Abstract

A method of estimating the regression of gains upon initial scores is suggested and compared with two other methods which have been used in recent investigations.

Type
Original Paper
Information
Psychometrika , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , March 1956 , pp. 67 - 77
Copyright
Copyright © 1956 The Psychometric Society

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