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Download full textDeCarlo, Lawrence T. – ETS Research Report Series, 2008
Rater behavior in essay grading can be viewed as a signal-detection task, in that raters attempt to discriminate between latent classes of essays, with the latent classes being defined by a scoring rubric. The present report examines basic aspects of an approach to constructed-response (CR) scoring via a latent-class signal-detection model. The…
Descriptors: Scoring, Responses, Test Format, Bias
Peer reviewedSchwartz, Donald J. – Public Personnel Management, 1978
The major objective of this paper was to demonstrate that it is possible, using a probabilistic approach, to derive a method of evaluating the interaction of adverse effect, criterion differences, and bias and, using a linear model, determining their effect on job relatedness. (Author)
Descriptors: Bias, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Models
Kasprzyk, Dan, Ed. – 1997
The 11 papers in this volume were presented at the 1996 American Statistical Association (ASA) meeting in Chicago (Illinois), August 4 through 8. This is the fourth collection of ASA papers of particular interest to users of National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) survey data published in the "Working Papers" series. The…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Estimation (Mathematics)
Rizavi, Saba; Way, Walter D.; Lu, Ying; Pitoniak, Mary; Steffen, Manfred – Online Submission, 2004
The purpose of this study was to use realistically simulated data to evaluate various CAT designs for use with the verbal reasoning measure of the Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT). Factors such as item pool depth, content constraints, and item formats often cause repeated adaptive administrations of an item at ability levels that are not…
Descriptors: Test Items, Test Bias, Item Banks, College Admission
Sedlacek, William E.; Helm, Edward G.; Prieto, Dario O. – 1997
This study examined the relationship between perceptions of diversity and overall satisfaction in students at the University of Maryland at College Park. An anonymous 100-item questionnaire on cultural attitudes and climate was mailed to first and third year students, with mail and phone call follow-ups resulting in an overall return rate of 60…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Black Students, College Freshmen, College Juniors
