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Table 1 Demographic summary of the students across test forms
From: A structural equation modeling approach for examining position effects in large-scale assessments
Variable | Form 1 | Form 2 | Form 3 | Form 4 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Gender | ||||||||
 Female | 1460 | 49.1 | 1471 | 49.2 | 1477 | 50 | 1419 | 49 |
 Male | 1515 | 50.9 | 1517 | 50.8 | 1479 | 50 | 1478 | 51 |
Ethnicity | ||||||||
 American Indian | 50 | 1.7 | 63 | 2.1 | 34 | 1.2 | 57 | 2 |
 Asian | 65 | 2.2 | 61 | 2 | 62 | 2.1 | 65 | 2.2 |
 Black | 272 | 9.1 | 259 | 8.7 | 236 | 8 | 249 | 8.6 |
 Hispanic | 373 | 12.5 | 465 | 15.6 | 428 | 14.5 | 398 | 13.7 |
 White | 2215 | 74.5 | 2140 | 71.6 | 2196 | 74.3 | 2128 | 73.5 |