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NAEP Analysis and Scaling → Estimation of NAEP Score Scales → NAEP Scales → Correlations Among NAEP Subject Area Subscales → Conditional Correlations and Variances of the Subscales, by Grade, Geography National Main Assessment (Accommodations Not Permitted [R2]): 2001
Conditional correlations and variances of the subscales, by grade, geography national main assessment (accommodations not permitted [R2]): 2001
Grade Subscale Space and place Environment and society Spatial dynamics and connections
4 Space and place § § §
Environment and society 0.92 § §
Spatial dynamics and connections 0.96 0.96 §
Residual variance 0.32 0.29 0.31
8 Space and place § § §
Environment and society 0.96 § §
Spatial dynamics and connections 0.98 0.96 §
Residual variance 0.34 0.35 0.28
12 Space and place § § §
Environment and society 0.94 § §
Spatial dynamics and connections 0.96 0.96 §
Residual variance 0.39 0.39 0.39
§This is a lower triangular symmetrical table.
NOTE: Values in the table are estimates conditioned on the set of principal components included in the models used to estimate group score distributions.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2001 Geography Assessment.
Last updated 14 July 2008 (DR)

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