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Thorndike, Robert L. – 1980
In an invitational address to the Victorian Institute of Educational Research, the author discussed Bayesian theory and its relationship to the design and construction of tailored or adaptive tests. Bayesian thinking involves recognizing the role of prior probabilities and using these probabilities in combination with new data to arrive at future…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Bayesian Statistics, Computer Assisted Testing, Error of Measurement
