Using Computers to Analyze Item Response Data.

Hsu, Tse-chi; Yu, Lifa

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Publication Date: 1989

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Using Computers to Analyze Item Response Data.

Hsu, Tse-chi; Yu, Lifa

Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, v8 n3 p21-28 Fall 1989

How computers are used to analyze item data is reviewed, and the information that existing item-analysis programs provide is described. Summaries of studies comparing the performance of some of these packages reveal some of their current limitations. Emphasis is on the usefulness to educational practice of these packages. (SLD)

Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software, Computer Software Reviews, Computer Uses in Education, Data Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Item Analysis, Latent Trait Theory, Test Items

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Evaluative

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