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Download full textLord, Frederic M. – 1983
If a loss function is available specifying the social cost of an error of measurement in the score on a unidimensional test, an asymptotic method, based on item response theory, is developed for optimal test design for a specified target population of examinees. Since in the real world such loss functions are not available, it is more useful to…
Descriptors: Cutting Scores, Decision Making, Error of Measurement, Estimation (Mathematics)
