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Livingston, Samuel A. – ETS Research Report Series, 2014
In this study, I investigated 2 procedures intended to create test-taker groups of equal ability by poststratifying on a composite variable created from demographic information. In one procedure, the stratifying variable was the composite variable that best predicted the test score. In the other procedure, the stratifying variable was the…
Descriptors: Demography, Equated Scores, Cluster Grouping, Ability Grouping
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Puhan, Gautam; Moses, Timothy P.; Yu, Lei; Dorans, Neil J. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 2009
This study examined the extent to which log-linear smoothing could improve the accuracy of differential item functioning (DIF) estimates in small samples of examinees. Examinee responses from a certification test were analyzed using White examinees in the reference group and African American examinees in the focal group. Using a simulation…
Descriptors: Test Items, Reference Groups, Testing Programs, Raw Scores
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Coyle, Thomas R. – Intelligence, 2006
This research examined the relation between test-retest changes on scholastic aptitude tests and g-loaded cognitive measures (viz., college grade-point average, Wonderlic Personnel Test, and word recall). University students who had twice taken a scholastic aptitude test (viz., Scholastic Assessment Test or American College Testing Program…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Raw Scores, Factor Analysis, Academic Aptitude