I am working with a data set to model student performance with numerous variables from the class/school/district/provincial level. Student performance is extremely low though -- 70% of reading performance scores are 0.
I have no experience working with non-parametric models, but assume I should use one for this non-normal distribution. I am playing around with a logit model and using an above/below threshold for student performance.
What other models should I explore with this kind of data? Here is the score distribution:
| Score | Number |
|---|---|
| 0 | 630 |
| 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 |
| 5 | 1 |
| 8 | 1 |
| 9 | 2 |
| 14 | 1 |
| 19 | 1 |
| 20 | 2 |
| 21 | 1 |
| 23 | 2 |
| 28 | 3 |
| 29 | 2 |
