Robert L. Ebel

4.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
71 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Robert L. Ebel is a scholar working on Education, Management Science and Operations Research and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert L. Ebel has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Education, 11 papers in Management Science and Operations Research and 6 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Robert L. Ebel's work include Psychometric Methodologies and Testing (10 papers), Student Assessment and Feedback (5 papers) and Educational Assessment and Pedagogy (4 papers). Robert L. Ebel is often cited by papers focused on Psychometric Methodologies and Testing (10 papers), Student Assessment and Feedback (5 papers) and Educational Assessment and Pedagogy (4 papers). Robert L. Ebel collaborates with scholars based in United States. Robert L. Ebel's co-authors include Alfred D. Garvin, Jason Millman, William A. Mehrens, Samuel Messick, Douglas N. Jackson, Max D. Engelhart, W. James Popham, Samuel A. Livingston and Robert E. Hill and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The Journal of Chemical Physics and American Psychologist.

In The Last Decade

Robert L. Ebel

66 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Essentials of Educational Measurement

1980 1.0k citations Alfred D. Garvin, Robert L. Ebel Educational Researcher profile →
Estimation of the Reliability of Ratings

1951 864 citations Robert L. Ebel Psychometrika profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert L. Ebel United States	18	1.1k	559	518	330	299	71	3.2k
Linda Crocker United States	14	1.3k 1.2×	606 1.1×	580 1.1×	548 1.7×	217 0.7×	30	4.0k
Leroy Wolins United States	15	600 0.6×	683 1.2×	403 0.8×	464 1.4×	126 0.4×	47	3.3k
Nageswari Rajaratnam United States	6	511 0.5×	671 1.2×	428 0.8×	369 1.1×	156 0.5×	8	2.8k
Ronald A. Berk United States	29	1.3k 1.2×	427 0.8×	472 0.9×	657 2.0×	425 1.4×	106	3.5k
Barbara S. Plake United States	32	1.5k 1.4×	691 1.2×	650 1.3×	527 1.6×	167 0.6×	162	3.7k
Dale J. Prediger United States	22	726 0.7×	208 0.4×	185 0.4×	489 1.5×	161 0.5×	79	2.7k
Thomas M. Haladyna United States	24	2.1k 2.0×	628 1.1×	615 1.2×	356 1.1×	704 2.4×	68	3.8k
James C. Impara United States	21	1.1k 1.0×	292 0.5×	559 1.1×	338 1.0×	90 0.3×	62	2.4k
Geofferey N. Masters Australia	14	609 0.6×	511 0.9×	330 0.6×	228 0.7×	81 0.3×	23	2.1k
Stephen G. Sireci United States	30	1.3k 1.2×	1.1k 1.9×	615 1.2×	299 0.9×	287 1.0×	143	3.4k

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Ebel, Robert L.. (1983). The Practical Validation of Tests of Ability. Educational Measurement Issues and Practice. 2(2). 7–10. 38 indexed citations

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Ebel, Robert L.. (1982). Three Radical Proposals for Strengthening Education.. Phi Delta Kappan. 63(6). 1 indexed citations

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Ebel, Robert L.. (1982). Selective Admission: Whether and How.. The College Board review.

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Ebel, Robert L.. (1980). The Failure of Schools without Failure.. Phi Delta Kappan. 61(6). 6 indexed citations

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Garvin, Alfred D. & Robert L. Ebel. (1980). Essentials of Educational Measurement. Educational Researcher. 9(9). 21–21. 1046 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ebel, Robert L.. (1979). Intelligence: A Skeptical View.. Journal of research and development in education. 12(2). 14–21. 2 indexed citations

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Mehrens, William A. & Robert L. Ebel. (1979). Some Comments on Criterion-Referenced and Norm-Referenced Achievement Tests.. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 10(1). 150901–150901. 2 indexed citations

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Ebel, Robert L.. (1978). The Case for Minimum Competency Testing.. Phi Delta Kappan. 7 indexed citations

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Ebel, Robert L.. (1977). COMMENTS ON SOME PROBLEMS OF EMPLOYMENT TESTING¹. Personnel Psychology. 30(1). 55–63. 32 indexed citations

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Ebel, Robert L.. (1976). Declining Scores: A Conservative Explanation.. Phi Delta Kappan. 7 indexed citations

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Ebel, Robert L.. (1975). Educational Tests: Valid? Biased? Useful?.. Phi Delta Kappan. 4 indexed citations

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Ebel, Robert L.. (1974). Marks and Marking Systems. IEEE Transactions on Education. 17(2). 76–92. 21 indexed citations

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Ebel, Robert L.. (1972). What Are Schools for. Phi Delta Kappan. 6 indexed citations

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Ebel, Robert L.. (1971). Command of Knowledge Should Be the Primary Objective of Education.. NEA today.

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Ebel, Robert L.. (1970). Using Tests to Improve Instruction.. Journal of Engineering Education. 2 indexed citations

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Ebel, Robert L., et al.. (1969). Encyclopedia of educational research : a project of the American Educational Research Association. Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (Québec government). 2 indexed citations

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Ebel, Robert L.. (1968). BLIND GUESSING ON OBJECTIVE ACHIEVEMENT TESTS¹. Journal of Educational Measurement. 5(4). 321–325. 34 indexed citations

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Mehrens, William A. & Robert L. Ebel. (1967). Principles of educational and psychological measurement : a book of selected readings. 7 indexed citations

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Ebel, Robert L.. (1954). The Characteristics and Usefulness of Rate Scores on College Aptitude Tests. Educational and Psychological Measurement. 14(1). 20–28. 3 indexed citations

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Ebel, Robert L.. (1951). Estimation of the Reliability of Ratings. Psychometrika. 16(4). 407–424. 864 indexed citations breakdown →

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