Statistical Methods for the Evaluation of Educational Services and Quality of Products

The book presents statistical methods and models that can usefully support the evaluation of educational services and quality of products. The evaluation of educational services, as well as the analysis of judgments and preferences, poses severe methodological challenges because of the presence of t...

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Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Monari, Paola (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Bini, Matilde (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Piccolo, Domenico (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Salmaso, Luigi (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Heidelberg : Physica-Verlag HD : Imprint: Physica, 2009.
Σειρά:Contributions to Statistics,
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Latent variable models for ordinal data
  • Issues on item response theory modelling
  • Nonlinearity in the analysis of longitudinal data
  • Multilevel models for the evaluation of educational institutions: a review
  • Multilevel mixture factor models for the evaluation of educational programs#x2019; effectiveness
  • A class of statistical models for evaluating services and performances
  • Choices and conjoint analysis: critical aspects and recent developments
  • Robust diagnostics in university performance studies
  • A novel global performance score with an application to the evaluation of new detergents
  • Nonparametric tests for the randomized complete block design with ordered categorical variables
  • A permutation test for umbrella alternatives
  • Nonparametric methods for measuring concordance between rankings: a case study on the evaluation of professional profiles of municipal directors.