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The Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi) in Bamberg studies educational processes from birth to old age. In order to promote longitudinal research in educational science in Germany, LIfBi provides a fundamental, supraregional and internationally significant, research-based infrastructure for empirical educational research. The core of the institute is the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS), which is based at LIfBi and combines the expertise of a Germany-wide, interdisciplinary network of excellence.

12/28/2020

Plausible Values for competence assessments in the NEPS starting cohorts 1 to 4

The new version 2.0.0 of the R package „NEPS“ extends the possibility of independent estimation of Plausible Values for competence assessments to the starting cohorts 1 to 4. It complements the previous range of version 1.0.0 for the starting cohorts 5 and 6. All available combinations of starting cohort, competence domain, and survey wave can be retrieved via the „currently_implemented()“ function of the package. In addition to the current R package, new application examples have been made available on the website.

Plausible Values can be used to describe competencies of individuals on a group level. Based on the individual responses to the respective competence tests as well as on additional background characteristics, the probability distribution of each person's competence is first determined and several values are randomly drawn from this. The analysis is then calculated for each Plausible Value individually and summarized into an overall result. This allows estimates of effects at the population level to be adjusted for measurement errors and is therefore particularly suitable for inferential statistical tests in correlation and mean value analyses. For further information on the estimation and handling of Plausible Values in the context of the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) as well as for instructions and an example of the use of the R-package „NEPSscaling“ for generating your own Plausible Values, please refer to the NEPS Survey Paper No. 71 by Anna Scharl, Claus H. Carstensen and Timo Gnambs.

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NEPS | National Educational Panel Study

The National Educational Panel Study is the largest long-term educational study in Germany. By continuously interviewing and testing more than 70,000 people, an internationally significant treasure trove of data is being created and is growing, which can be used to research educational processes from birth to high adulthood. 

The NEPS combines the expertise of more than 200 scientists at more than 13 locations throughout Germany and is based at LIfBi in Bamberg.

 

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