What Statistics Does the EIC Calculate?

The EIC computes

  1. effect size, a statistic that describes the magnitude of differences between two groups or the impact of an intervention. Read More
  2. the improvement index, a statistic that translates the effect size into differences in scores of the average student in terms of percentile ranks.Read More 
  3. the probability that the effect size would occur by chance. This statistic is calculated if the user knows the number of students involved. Read More
NIFDI Technical Report 2016-2 gives more information on these statistics and examples of their use and interpretation. Read More