The Rasch Model in Vertical Equating of Tests: A Critique of Slinde and Linn.

Gustafsson, Jan-Eric

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Publication Date: 1979

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The Rasch Model in Vertical Equating of Tests: A Critique of Slinde and Linn.

Gustafsson, Jan-Eric

Journal of Educational Measurement, v16 n3 p153-58 Fall 1979

Computer generated data are used to show that Slinde and Linn's criticism of the usefulness of the Rasch model for equating (EJ 189 585) may have been the result of an artifact produced by the manner in which the samples were chosen in their study. (CTM)

Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Bias, College Entrance Examinations, Equated Scores, High Schools, Mathematical Models, Research Design, Research Needs, Research Problems, Research Reviews (Publications), Sampling, Simulation

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