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Re: st: Pooling Data
From
Clive Nicholas <[email protected]>
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Re: st: Pooling Data
Date
Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:23:01 +0100
Dennis Kramer replied:
> I am attempting to compare the effectiveness of teachers in two
> districts (based on a common evaluation tool) where the student test
> scores outcomes are calculated differently. the first district
> calculates the scores on a cumulative gain index standardized across a
> number of factors and the other district uses a value-added index.
I think I'll do my best impersonation of a David Greenberg posting and
say that, to me, your problem appears to cry out for a multilevel
modelling solution, perhaps via -gllamm-.
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Clive Nicholas
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