A statistical analysis of the characteristics of the intended curriculum for Japanese primary science and its relationship to the attained curriculum

Large-scale Assessments in Education

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Table 2 Parameter bias in the simulation studies

	N (0,1)	N (0,2.25)	N (0,4)	N (0,5)
Factor loadings
Min	−0.343	−0.106	0.086	0.166
Mean	−0.200	0.042	0.232	0.314
Max	−0.106	0.155	0.354	0.445
Thresholds
Min	−0.213	−0.102	−0.336	−0.440
Mean	0.003	0.004	0.006	0.006
Max	0.221	0.103	0.347	0.459
Correlations between factors
Min	−0.091	−0.134	−0.155	−0.159
Mean	−0.071	−0.114	−0.130	−0.135
Max	−0.043	−0.094	−0.108	−0.111