Can a Test be too Reliable?.

Wainer, Howard

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ERIC Number: EJ335282

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Publication Date: 1986

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Can a Test be too Reliable?

Wainer, Howard

Journal of Educational Measurement, v23 n2 p171-73 Sum 1986

An example demonstrates and explains that summary statistics commonly used to measure test quality can be seriously misleading and that summary statistics for the whole test are not sufficient for judging the quality of the test. (Author/LMO)

Descriptors: Correlation, Item Analysis, Statistical Bias, Statistical Studies, Test Reliability

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Language: English

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