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| Ability | 3 |
| Adaptive Testing | 3 |
| Computer Oriented Programs | 3 |
| Individual Testing | 3 |
| Response Style (Tests) | 3 |
| Test Items | 3 |
| Computer Assisted Testing | 2 |
| Item Banks | 2 |
| Latent Trait Theory | 2 |
| Bayesian Statistics | 1 |
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Peer reviewedLord, Frederic M. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1977
A broad-range tailored test of verbal ability, appropriate at any level from fifth grade upwards, is briefly described. The test score places persons at all levels directly on the same score scale. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: Ability, Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Oriented Programs
Peer reviewedMcBride, James R. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1977
The results of a series of simulation studies designed to investigate the influence of guessing and item pool characteristics on the bias, accuracy, and information properties of the trait estimates derived from Owen's Bayesian sequential testing strategy are reported. (RC)
Descriptors: Ability, Adaptive Testing, Bayesian Statistics, Computer Oriented Programs
Peer reviewedSamejima, Fumiko – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1977
The accuracy of estimation of the subjects' latent ability maintained by tailoring for each testee the order of item presentation and the border of item dichotomization was compared to the information provided by the original graded test items. (RC)
Descriptors: Ability, Adaptive Testing, Branching, Computer Assisted Testing
