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Melanie Berg

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Statistician
melanie.berg@nzcer.org.nz

Melanie is a Statistician at NZCER. She studied Statistics at Auckland University, graduating in 2012 with a Masters in Science focusing on statistical methods for Genome-wide Association studies. Melanie's interests include quantitative research based on student achievement data. She is involved in all quantitative research and evaluation projects across NZCER.

Melanie has a BSc Statistics & Psychology, PGDipSci Statistics and a MSc Medical Statistics.

Research projects I am working on: 
Enhancing young adults' assessment experiences
National Survey
PB4L evaluations
Te Toi Tupu

Research outputs

Year published Title Publication type Category
2018 Fire safety in schools, kura, ECE centres, and kohanga reo: Looking to the future Research report Early childhood Evaluation
2017 Finding a balance—fostering student wellbeing, positive behaviour, and learning: Findings from the NZCER national survey of primary and intermediate schools 2016 Research report
2017 NZCER national survey of primary and intermediate schools 2016: Methodology and sample information Research report Assessment tools Curriculum and assessment Policy
2016 Using PATs to explore achievement and progress Research report National Standards PAT
2015 My FRIENDS Youth final evaluation report Research report
2015 The financial capability of secondary students, and the place of financial capability in secondary schools - summary report Research summary Maths education
2014 Achievement in Boys' Schools Research report NCEA
2014 Financial literacy of secondary students, and its place within secondary schools Research report Curriculum and assessment Implementing New Zealand Curriculum
2013 Sampling Methods for the NZCER Primary National Survey Conference paper