July 2025

A review of the controversy about ordinal outcome analysis

The methodological controversy surrounding ordinal outcome data has posed a distinct challenge to the conceptualization, design, and conduct of research in the social and behavioral sciences for more than 75 years. Accordingly, this study sought to supply a comprehensive and multidisciplinary perspective of the debate and in so doing lay the necessary foundation for proposing practical guidance to education researchers....

Author(s): Elizabeth S. Peterson and Joseph A. Taylor