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Estimating the Effects of Test Length and Test Time on Parameter Estimation Using the HYBRID Model.

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Yamamoto, Kentaro – 1995

The traditional indicator of test speededness, missing responses, clearly indicates a lack of time to respond (thereby indicating the speededness of the test), but it is inadequate for evaluating speededness in a multiple-choice test scored as number correct, and it underestimates test speededness. Conventional item response theory (IRT) parameter…

Descriptors: Ability, Estimation (Mathematics), Item Response Theory, Multiple Choice Tests

Test Speededness under Number-Right Scoring: An Analysis of the Test of English as a Foreign Language.

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Bejar, Isaac I. – 1985

The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) was used in this study, which attempted to develop a new methodology for assessing the speededness of right-scored tests. Traditional procedures of assessing speededness have assumed that the test is scored under formula-scoring instructions; this approach is not always appropriate. In this study,…

Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, English (Second Language), Estimation (Mathematics), Evaluation Methods