The Journal of Educational Statistics: The First Decade in Review

Robert J. Prosser, Ross E. Traub and Sandra L. Vegeris

Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 1987, vol. 12, issue 4, 317-337

Abstract: The objectives of this review were to assess the quality of articles published in JES, to find out whether or not JES is perceived to occupy a distinct niche among the quantitative journals that serve educational research, and to obtain suggestions for improvement. These objectives were addressed by one or another of the five components to the review: an assessment by experts, a questionnaire survey, a citation study, a content analysis of the articles in selected volumes of JES, and a study of keywords. The accumulated evidence indicates that JES is seen to publish good quality articles that make original contributions to knowledge. The questionable relevance of some articles to the study of education and the emphasis in some articles on measurement issues perhaps reflects the fact that the niche occupied by JES is not wholly congruent with the objective stated on the journal’s boilerplate. Suggestions are offered for ways of increasing the number of appropriate articles and increasing circulation.

Date: 1987
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