TY - JOUR
T1 - Using and updating local norms
AU - Elliott, Stephen
AU - Bretzing, Burke H.
PY - 1980
Y1 - 1980
N2 - The most useful kind of norms are local norms collected by a test interpreter on a population with which s/he is familiar. We present a rationale for the use of local norms and a procedure, illustrated with an example, for updating a norm group's test score mean and variance. It was concluded that test interpreters should build local norms to be used in conjunction with norms based on a national sample, since local norms can be more recent, relevant, and representative for local groups.
AB - The most useful kind of norms are local norms collected by a test interpreter on a population with which s/he is familiar. We present a rationale for the use of local norms and a procedure, illustrated with an example, for updating a norm group's test score mean and variance. It was concluded that test interpreters should build local norms to be used in conjunction with norms based on a national sample, since local norms can be more recent, relevant, and representative for local groups.
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U2 - 10.1002/1520-6807(198004)17:2<196::AID-PITS2310170211>3.0.CO;2-X
DO - 10.1002/1520-6807(198004)17:2<196::AID-PITS2310170211>3.0.CO;2-X
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84987014737
SN - 0033-3085
VL - 17
SP - 196
EP - 201
JO - Psychology in the Schools
JF - Psychology in the Schools
IS - 2
ER -