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Terminology, Emphasis, and Utility in Validation
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Kane, Michael T. – Educational Researcher, 2008
Lissitz and Samuelsen (2007) have proposed an operational definition of "validity" that shifts many of the questions traditionally considered under validity to a separate category associated with the utility of test use. Operational definitions support inferences about how well people perform some kind of task or how they respond to some kind of…
Descriptors: Test Use, Definitions, Validity, Classification
Using the Megargee MMPI-Based Classification System with the MMPI-2s of Female Prison Inmates.
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Megargee, Edwin I. – Psychological Assessment, 1997
A Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) based classification system (E. I. Megargee, 1977) was extended to female prisoners, using MMPI results for 400 inmates. Using revised rules for classifying the original MMPIs and MMPI-2s, 386 women could be classified on both versions, and 87% were classified identically. (SLD)
Descriptors: Classification, Females, Personality Measures, Personality Traits
Estimating the Consistency and Accuracy of Classifications Based on Test Scores.
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Livingston, Samuel A.; Lewis, Charles – 1993
This paper presents a method for estimating the accuracy and consistency of classifications based on test scores. The scores can be produced by any scoring method, including the formation of a weighted composite. The estimates use data from a single form. The reliability of the score is used to estimate its effective test length in terms of…
Descriptors: Classification, Error of Measurement, Estimation (Mathematics), Reliability
Adjustment in Assessment Scores and Their Usage: A Taxonomy and Evaluation of Methods.
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Kehoe, Jerard F. Tenopyr, Mary L. – Psychological Assessment, 1994
Methods of adjusting group differences in assessment and test scores are described, classified, and evaluated. Investigation of the relationship between intended use of test scores and the appropriate meaning of scores is essential for fair treatment in assessment. (SLD)
Descriptors: Classification, Educational Assessment, Equal Education, Evaluation Methods
Validating Decisions Made with Criterion-Referenced Tests.
Fitzpatrick, Anne R. – 1981
Three kinds of classificatory decisions that might be made using criterion-referenced tests (CRTs) are described, and methods to appraise the validity of each are subsequently discussed. Decisions that entail predictive, descriptive, and evaluative classifications comprised the three kinds of decisions described. Predictive classifications entail…
Descriptors: Classification, Competence, Criterion Referenced Tests, Cutting Scores
Advances in the Application of Decision Theory to Test-Based Decision Making.
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van der Linden, Wim J. – 1985
This paper reviews recent research in the Netherlands on the application of decision theory to test-based decision making about personnel selection and student placement. The review is based on an earlier model proposed for the classification of decision problems, and emphasizes an empirical Bayesian framework. Classification decisions with…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Classification, Cutting Scores, Decision Making
An Intelligent Tutoring System for Classifying Students into Instructional Treatments with Mastery Scores. Research Report 94-15.
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Vos, Hans J. – 1994
As part of a project formulating optimal rules for decision making in computer assisted instructional systems in which the computer is used as a decision support tool, an approach that simultaneously optimizes classification of students into two treatments, each followed by a mastery decision, is presented using the framework of Bayesian decision…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Bayesian Statistics, Classification, Computer Managed Instruction