TY  - BOOK
AU  - Planty,Mike
AU  - Carlson,Deven
TI  - Understanding education indicators: a practical primer for research and policy 
SN  - 9780807751206 (pbk.) :
AV  - LB2846 .P55 2010
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New York
PB  - Teachers College Press
KW  - Educational indicators
KW  - Educational statistics
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; An overview of indicators. What is an indicator? -- Types of indicators -- Purposes of indicators -- History of education indicators -- Qualities of a good indicator -- A framework for understanding indicator quality -- Limitations and distortions -- Organization of the book -- Measurement. Origins of indicators -- Moving from origination to conceptualization to observation -- Considerations of reliability and validity -- Summary -- Sources of information and error. Why does error exist? -- Populations versus samples -- Weighting samples -- Nonsampling error -- Analysis and dissemination errors -- Summary -- Statistics and data presentation. Statistical concepts and measures -- Statistical testing and statistical significance -- Other considerations for evaluating indicator quality -- Graphics -- The misuse of statistical indicators. Manipulation of indicators -- Using indicators to advance an interest -- So what can be done?
ER  -