Decision Theory Models for Validating Course Placement Tests.

Sawyer, Richard

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Publication Date: 1996

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Decision Theory Models for Validating Course Placement Tests.

Sawyer, Richard

Journal of Educational Measurement, v33 n3 p271-90 Fall 1996

Decision theory is a useful method for assessing the effectiveness of the components of a course placement system. The effectiveness of placement tests or other variables in identifying underprepared students is described by the conditional probability of success in a standard course. Estimating the conditional probability of success is discussed. (SLD)

Descriptors: College Students, Estimation (Mathematics), Higher Education, Mathematical Models, Probability, Screening Tests, Student Placement, Test Validity

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