A Method for Severely Constrained Item Selection in Adaptive Testing.

Stocking, Martha L.; Swanson, Len

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Publication Date: 1993

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A Method for Severely Constrained Item Selection in Adaptive Testing.

Stocking, Martha L.; Swanson, Len

Applied Psychological Measurement, v17 n3 p277-92 Sep 1993

A method is presented for incorporating a large number of constraints on adaptive item selection in the construction of computerized adaptive tests. The method, which emulates practices of expert test specialists, is illustrated for verbal and quantitative measures. Its foundation is application of a weighted deviations model and algorithm. (SLD)

Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Algorithms, Computer Assisted Testing, Expert Systems, Selection, Statistical Analysis, Test Construction, Test Items, Verbal Tests

Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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