Psychometrika

, Volume 28, Issue 1, pp 69–80 | Cite as

A factor analytic method for investigating differences between groups of individual learning curves

  • R. A. Weitzman
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Abstract

In this method of analyzing learning data, entire learning curves are described quantitatively by single numbers which are used in a statistical test to determine whether two or more groups of learning curves are significantly different. The method has some logical advantages over prevailing methods in that it avoids the use of average learning curves and of arbitrary measures of slope and asymptote. Its disadvantage is computational. Since it involves the use of factor analytic procedures, it may be tedious to apply unless computation is carried out on a high-speed computer.

Keywords

Public Policy Analytic Procedure Learning Curve Statistical Theory Individual Learning 
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© Psychometric Society 1963

Authors and Affiliations

  • R. A. Weitzman
    • 1
  1. 1.Bar-Ilan UniversityIsrael

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