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Peer reviewedMislevy, Robert J.; And Others – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1992
Concepts behind plausible values in estimating population characteristics from sparse matrix samples of item responses are discussed. The use of marginal analyses is described in the context of the National Assessment of Educational Progress, and the approach is illustrated with Scholastic Aptitude Test data for 9,075 high school seniors. (SLD)
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Educational Assessment, Equations (Mathematics), Estimation (Mathematics)
Download full textSchultz, Matthew T.; Geisinger, Kurt F. – 1992
Research efforts have established that the Mantel-Haenszel procedure (MHP) is an effective method for detecting the presence of test items exhibiting differential item functioning (DIF). While the MHP has been advocated for situations where item response theory based methods may not be usable, recent findings have suggested that the performance of…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Equations (Mathematics)
