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Peer reviewedDorans, Neil J.; Kingston, Neal M. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1985
Since The Graduate Record Examination-Verbal measures two factors (reading comprehension and discrete verbal ability), the unidimensionality of item response theory is violated. The impact of this violation was examined by comparing three ability estimates: reading, discrete, and all verbal. Both dimensions were highly correlated; the impact was…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Factor Structure, Graduate Study, Higher Education
