Using Cognitive Science to Assign Test Weights.

Bhaskar, R.; Dillard, Jesse F.

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Publication Date: 1983

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Using Cognitive Science to Assign Test Weights.

Bhaskar, R.; Dillard, Jesse F.

Instructional Science, v12 n4 p375-82 Dec 1983

Description of an objective method for assigning weights to questions on examinations includes discussions of classical test theory, knowledge organization, and how task analysis can be used to identify knowledge elements required to solve specific problems, rank them, and assign objective weights to exam questions using a Pareto distribution (7 references). (Author/MBR)

Descriptors: Accounting, Epistemology, Evaluation Methods, Item Analysis, Models, Scoring, Tables (Data), Task Analysis, Test Construction, Test Items, Test Theory, Testing Problems, Vertical Organization

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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