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Direct linkFinkelman, Matthew David – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2010
In sequential mastery testing (SMT), assessment via computer is used to classify examinees into one of two mutually exclusive categories. Unlike paper-and-pencil tests, SMT has the capability to use variable-length stopping rules. One approach to shortening variable-length tests is stochastic curtailment, which halts examination if the probability…
Descriptors: Mastery Tests, Computer Assisted Testing, Adaptive Testing, Test Length
Finkelman, Matthew – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2008
Sequential mastery testing (SMT) has been researched as an efficient alternative to paper-and-pencil testing for pass/fail examinations. One popular method for determining when to cease examination in SMT is the truncated sequential probability ratio test (TSPRT). This article introduces the application of stochastic curtailment in SMT to shorten…
Descriptors: Mastery Tests, Sequential Approach, Computer Assisted Testing, Adaptive Testing
Chang, Yuan-chin Ivan – Psychometrika, 2005
In this paper, we apply sequential one-sided confidence interval estimation procedures with beta-protection to adaptive mastery testing. The procedures of fixed-width and fixed proportional accuracy confidence interval estimation can be viewed as extensions of one-sided confidence interval procedures. It can be shown that the adaptive mastery…
Descriptors: Mastery Tests, Probability, Intervals, Testing
Download full textEpstein, Kenneth I.; Steinheiser, Frederick H., Jr. – 1978
A multiparameter, programmable model was developed to examine the interactive influence of certain parameters on the probability of deciding that an examinee had attained a specified degree of mastery. It was applied within the simulated context of performance testing of military trainees. These parameters included: (1) the number of assumed…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Bayesian Statistics, Cutting Scores, Hypothesis Testing
Steinheiser, Frederick H., Jr. – 1976
A computer simulation of Bayes' Theorem was conducted in order to determine the probability that an examinee was a master conditional upon his test score. The inputs were: number of mastery states assumed, test length, prior expectation of masters in the examinee population, and conditional probability of a master getting a randomly selected test…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Classification, Computer Programs, Criterion Referenced Tests
Eignor, Daniel R.; Hambleton, Ronald K. – 1979
The purpose of the investigation was to obtain some relationships among (1) test lengths, (2) shape of domain-score distributions, (3) advancement scores, and (4) several criterion-referenced test score reliability and validity indices. The study was conducted using computer simulation methods. The values of variables under study were set to be…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing, Criterion Referenced Tests, Cutting Scores
