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›› 2001, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (05): 84-87.

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MODEL SELECTIONS, VARIANCE COMPONENT EXPLANATIONS AND INDEXCOMPARISONS IN THE APPLICATION OF GENERALIZABILITYTHEORY:COMMENTS ON LIU AND ZHANG (1998,1999)

Li Weiming Yan Fang(Department of psychology, East-China Normal University, Shanghai 200062)   

  • Published:2001-10-25 Online:2001-10-25

Abstract: In this essay, we commented on two applications of generalizability theory by Liu and Zhang (1998, 1999). We believe these authors were erroneous in the selection of models, the comparison of generalizability indices, and the explanation of variance components, we provided our recommendations on these and other issues.

Key words: Generalizability Theory, variance component, fixed effect, index of dependability