Technical Brief on the 1999 Statistical Model
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Technical Brief on the Statistical Model Used in
the
1999 Rhode Island School and District Reports
(School Year 1997-98)
1. Introduction
2. Information Works!
3. Statistically Generated Performance Range Versus Actual Performance
4. Factors Associated with Student Achievement
5. Statistical Significance
6. Simple Regression
7. Correlation
8. Correlation Does Not Imply Causation
9. Multiple Regression and the RI Model: Table 1, Table 2, Table 3
10. Predicting Individual School Performance
11. A Visualization of the RI Model
12. Endnote and Footnotes