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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: a reflection on ESEA
In a message dated 3/18/2002 4:49:57 PM Eastern Standard Time, kber@EARTHLINK.NET writes: > There is perhaps another way, which is to try to educate them about validity > and reliability. Again, this is where a clearly written op-ed piece can > come in useful. It may be a bit too much for a 100-200 word letter to the > editor. One also needs to realize that most writers on the education beat > have no formal training in things like statistics, psychometrics, etc. > Sometime, if you take the time to communicate with them in a non-hostile > way, you might be able to have wee bit of influence. > Ken. We have certainly been working at this. Unfortunately, what the editors that I have talked to keep saying is that the reliability/validity stuff is too dry and technical and that we'd lose people two sentences in. So they hesitate to print the stuff, even the friendly ones. WIth 700 words, you don't have a lot of leeway and you choose between explaining a small point well or going over a lot of stuff not-so-well. What we need is a regular column...... Mickey
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