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Puhan, Gautam – Educational Testing Service, 2011
The study evaluated the effectiveness of log-linear presmoothing (Holland & Thayer, 1987) on the accuracy of small sample chained equipercentile equatings under two conditions (i.e., using small samples that differed randomly in ability from the target population "versus" using small samples that were distinctly different from the…
Descriptors: Equated Scores, Data Analysis, Accuracy, Sample Size
Moses, Tim; Miao, Jing; Dorans, Neil – Educational Testing Service, 2010
This study compared the accuracies of four differential item functioning (DIF) estimation methods, where each method makes use of only one of the following: raw data, logistic regression, loglinear models, or kernel smoothing. The major focus was on the estimation strategies' potential for estimating score-level, conditional DIF. A secondary focus…
Descriptors: Test Bias, Statistical Analysis, Computation, Scores