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Oh, good, someone who actually knows the word "longitudinal" looking at these issues!

I always get annoyed at news reports reporting school progress/failure, because it's always clear that the reporter, at least, and probably the school, have no idea how to approach analyzing performance over time.

Here in California, we've seen what to my mind amounts to a scandal. We don't know our graduation rate, because we simply don't have the sort of tracking in place that can deal with transfers and other events. We get these inflated numbers that look at how many students who enter high school graduate from that high school, and we get guesses.

Good luck, and have fun! I hope you manage to educate a few people about statistics along the way!
Posted by: bob.kerns2   Posted on: 09/29/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Statistics@  bob.kerns2 | 09/29/08
RE: Why yes, I can do longitudinal data analysis  cd2_z | 09/29/08
Who lies with statistics?  bob.kerns2 | 09/30/08
It is only education data warehouse, but.....  educationtalk | 09/30/08
RE: Why yes, I can do longitudinal data analysis  bob.kerns2 | 09/30/08
RE: Why yes, I can do longitudinal data analysis  educationtalk | 10/01/08

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