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TY - JOUR
T1 - Do cross-sectional student assessment data make a reasonable proxy for longitudinal data?
AU - Yorke, Mantz
AU - Zaitseva, Elena
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Student performance data from a post-92 university in the United Kingdom showed that, for a substantial minority of programmes, there was a general dip in marks between Years 1 and 2. Longitudinal and cross-sectional data were analysed in order to ascertain whether the latter (with its advantage of a more rapid production of results) would make an adequate proxy for the former: the analyses suggest that it can do. The article discusses a number of factors that have to be borne in mind, particularly if cross-sectional analyses are undertaken.
AB - Student performance data from a post-92 university in the United Kingdom showed that, for a substantial minority of programmes, there was a general dip in marks between Years 1 and 2. Longitudinal and cross-sectional data were analysed in order to ascertain whether the latter (with its advantage of a more rapid production of results) would make an adequate proxy for the former: the analyses suggest that it can do. The article discusses a number of factors that have to be borne in mind, particularly if cross-sectional analyses are undertaken.
KW - assessment
KW - data analysis
KW - analytical methodology
KW - enrolment homogeneity
KW - homogeneity index
U2 - 10.1080/02602938.2013.769199
DO - 10.1080/02602938.2013.769199
M3 - Journal article
VL - 38
SP - 957
EP - 967
JO - Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education
JF - Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education
SN - 0260-2938
IS - 8
ER -