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Glossary · Reliability, calibration, and statistics

Generalizability coefficientΦ

Generalizability theory's absolute coefficient: the variance attributable to the object of measurement, divided by that variance plus the variance from sources that should not change the interpretation, Φ = σ²_object / (σ²_object + σ²_Δ).

Also called: absolute coefficient

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Handbook · ValidationReliability and generalizabilitySpecify what may legitimately vary, then measure how much tasks, seeds, judges and environments move the score.
Generalizability theory
A variance-component framework that assigns measurement variance to facets such as task, judge, seed and environment, and their interactions.

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