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Estimating the Imputed Social Cost of Errors of Measurement.

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Lord, Frederic M. – Psychometrika, 1985

Given a loss function, an asymptotic method for optimal test design for a specified target population of examinees is presented. Also, of more practical use, given an existing unidimensional test and target population, a way is presented to find the loss function for which the test is optimal. (NSF)

Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Higher Education, Item Sampling, Latent Trait Theory

Standard Errors of Measurement at Different Ability Levels.

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Lord, Frederic M. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1984

Four methods are outlined for estimating or approximating from a single test administration the standard error of measurement of number-right test score at specified ability levels or cutting scores. The methods are illustrated and compared on one set of real test data. (Author)

Descriptors: Academic Ability, Cutting Scores, Error of Measurement, Scoring Formulas