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Download full textSpray, Judith A.; Reckase, Mark D. – 1994
The issue of test-item selection in support of decision making in adaptive testing is considered. The number of items needed to make a decision is compared for two approaches: selecting items from an item pool that are most informative at the decision point or selecting items that are most informative at the examinee's ability level. The first…
Descriptors: Ability, Adaptive Testing, Bayesian Statistics, Computer Assisted Testing
