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Causal inference with large-scale assessments in education from a Bayesian perspective: a review and synthesis

Overview of attention for article published in Large-scale Assessments in Education, May 2016
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Causal inference with large-scale assessments in education from a Bayesian perspective: a review and synthesis
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Large-scale Assessments in Education, May 2016
DOI 10.1186/s40536-016-0022-6
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David Kaplan

Abstract

This paper reviews recent research on causal inference with large-scale assessments in education from a Bayesian perspective. I begin by adopting the potential outcomes model of Rubin (J Educ Psychol 66:688-701, 1974) as a framework for causal inference that I argue is appropriate with large-scale educational assessments. I then discuss the elements of Bayesian inference arguing that methods and models of causal inference can benefit from the Bayesian approach to quantifying uncertainty. Next I outline one method of causal inference that I believe is fruitful for addressing causal questions with large-scale educational assessments within the potential outcomes framework- namely, propensity score analysis. I then discuss the quantification of uncertainty in propensity score analysis through a Bayesian approach. Next, I discuss a series of necessary conditions for addressing causal questions with large-scale educational assessments. The paper closes with a discussion of the implications for the design of large-scale educational assessments when the goal is in asking causal questions and warranting causal claims.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 9 20%
Student > Master 7 16%
Researcher 6 14%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 7%
Professor > Associate Professor 2 5%
Other 3 7%
Unknown 14 32%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 14 32%
Mathematics 3 7%
Psychology 3 7%
Arts and Humanities 2 5%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2 5%
Other 4 9%
Unknown 16 36%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 11. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 July 2018.
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