Sentences with phrase «standard error of measurement»

Because some amount of error is expected with any measurement, statisticians developed the term Standard Error of Measurement (SEM) to account for small amounts of error in every result.

The test has a standard error of measurement of about 2.5 points, so Cherry's true IQ could have been below 70.

Furthermore, they say, a test's standard error of measurement may be large enough to throw into question the use of the results.

For example, if a student scores an 84 on a test that has a standard error of measurement of three, then his or her performance level could be as low as 81 or as high as 87.

Standard Error of Measurement: The margin by which a test is inaccurate in assessing student performance, which is determined ahead of time by the test makers.

The standard error of measurement at this achievement level was 15 scale score points.

By associating a standard error of measurement to a test result, the teacher can better understand if the student wasn't giving their best effort or if they truly need more assistance in a given subject.

Standard error of measurement.

All test results, including scores on tests designed by classroom teachers, are subject to the standard error of measurement.

The standard error of measurement is a statistical phenomenon and is unrelated to the accuracy of scoring.

The variation between these two scores would be called the standard error of measurement.

NWEA MAP produces a metric called the «standard error of measurement» (SEM) for every student test event based on many factors.

An important concept in assessment is the standard error of measurement (SEM).

Having a Standard Error of Measurement associated with a test score can help a teacher determine the level of confidence in that score.

If it is broken down into groups that are too small (e.g., individual classes) the standard error of measurement tends to become so great that although the data remains «valid» it is no longer «reliable.»

The standard error of measurement (an indicator for measurement precision) shrinks as the test proceeds.

In English we could say «We are 95 confident that the true value of half of the observed increase in global surface temperature is in the range...» The range is the mean of that measurement plus or minus twice the standard error of the measurement.

Results: This study confirmed the test - retest reliability of the commercial volumeter and decreased the standard error of measurement to 3 ~ ml as opposed to the current standard of 10 ml.

An intraclass correlation (2,1), repeated measures ANOVA, and standard error of measurement were used to determine the results of this study.