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Ramon Barrada, Juan; Veldkamp, Bernard P.; Olea, Julio – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2009
Computerized adaptive testing is subject to security problems, as the item bank content remains operative over long periods and administration time is flexible for examinees. Spreading the content of a part of the item bank could lead to an overestimation of the examinees' trait level. The most common way of reducing this risk is to impose a…
Descriptors: Item Banks, Adaptive Testing, Item Analysis, Psychometrics
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Jones, W. Paul; Newman, F. L. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1971
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Decision Making, Hypothesis Testing, Performance Criteria
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Ackerson, Gary E.; And Others – Reading World, 1978
Provides information concerning a procedure for estimating the probability of placement error on a criterion referenced multiple choice test. (TJ)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Probability, Reading Instruction, Reading Tests
Keselman, H. J.; And Others – 1973
The harmonic mean and Kramer (1956) unequal n forms of the Tukey multiple comparison statistic were investigated for Monte Carlo Type I and Type II errors under conditions of assumption violations. The two major questions concerning the sensitivity of multiple comparison statistics for different types of pairwise contrasts and the affect of…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Comparative Analysis, Probability, Research Reports
SOLOMON, HERBERT – 1965
THE THEME OF THIS PROGRAM WAS THE USE OF PROBABILISTIC MODELS AS MEASUREMENT TOOLS FOR EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN IN TEST CONSTRUCTION AND FOR ANALYSIS OF TEST DATA. SOME CENTRAL ISSUES IN THIS FIELD ARE DISCUSSED AND RESOLVED IN THE FIRST FOUR CHAPTERS OF THE REPORT UNDER THE FOLLOWING TITLES--(1) CONTRIBUTIONS TO ITEM SELECTION, (2) CLUSTERING…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Factor Analysis, Mathematical Applications, Mathematical Concepts
Millman, Jason – 1974
This chapter should not only acquaint the reader with the present state of the art on Criterion-Referenced (CR) measurement but also suggest possible directions for further inquiry. The goal of the first part of this chapter is to deal with the definitional dilemma of CR measurement by proceeding from the more traditional view of CR measurement to…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Bayesian Statistics, Behavioral Objectives, Comparative Analysis