Bayesian methods for scalable multivariate value-added assessment

Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 125-150

  Lockwood, J R ^a   McCaffrey, Daniel F ^a   Mariano, Louis T ^a   Setodji, Claude ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian estimation; Cross classified multiple membership data; Layered model; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Teacher effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250171161     PISSN: 10769986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/1076998606298039     Document Type: Article

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