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Bayesian Logistic Regression: A New Method to Calibrate Pretest Items in Multistage Adaptive Testing
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Direct linkTsungHan Ho – Applied Measurement in Education, 2023
An operational multistage adaptive test (MST) requires the development of a large item bank and the effort to continuously replenish the item bank due to concerns about test security and validity over the long term. New items should be pretested and linked to the item bank before being used operationally. The linking item volume fluctuations in…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Regression (Statistics), Test Items, Pretesting
McBride, James R. – 1986
An overview of the development of a computerized version of the Differential Aptitude Tests (DAT) is presented. It describes the previously existing printed version of the DAT, design of the computerized adaptive edition, calibration of the test items for use in the computerized version, and two field studies that compared the Adaptive and…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Adaptive Testing, Aptitude Tests, Comparative Testing
