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Peer reviewedReilly, Richard R. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1975
Because previous reports have suggested that the lowered validity of tests scored with empirical option weights might be explained by a capitalization of the keying procedures on omitting tendencies, a procedure was devised to key options empirically with a "correction-for-guessing" constraint. (Author)
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Download full textReilly, Richard R. – 1972
Because previous reports have suggested that the lowered validity of tests scored with empirical option weights might be explained by a capitalization of the keying procedures on omitting tendencies, a procedure was devised to key options empirically with a "correction-for-guessing" constraint. Use of the new procedure with Graduate…
Descriptors: Correlation, Data Analysis, Guessing (Tests), Mathematical Applications
