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Large-scale Assessments in Education

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Table 4 Summary of estimated passage position effects

From: A structural equation modeling approach for examining position effects in large-scale assessments

Passage

Number of items

Position effect

1

6

−.029 (.014)*

2

6

.000 (.021)

3

8

.023 (.013)

4

6

−.044 (.015)**

5

6

−.080 (.014)***

6

6

.004 (.014)

7

7

−.008 (.008)

  1. The order of passages in Form 1 was used as the reference. Standard errors of the estimated effects are shown in the parentheses
  2. * p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001
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