NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 2 results Save | Export
Kolakowski, Donald; Bock, R. Darrell – 1972
The estimation of values of a latent-trait presumed to underlie a given set of item response data is made on the basis of dichotomously scored items utilizing the so-called "normal ogive model" of Lawley and Lord. This model provides an internal scale of measurement, scores which are independent of the particular test items employed, individual…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Guessing (Tests), Mathematical Models, Measurement Instruments
Allerup, Peter – 1985
Approximately 1200 Danish school children aged 8, 11, and 14 participated in a questionnaire study under the caption, "Why I like to read." Data from Denmark formed part of an international study, in which 12 other countries used the same questionnaire to explore various functions of reading and to compare them over different countries.…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Elementary Education, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries