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Aguinis, Herman; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1996
A program designed to administer questionnaires on IBM and IBM-compatible personal computers is described. The program prompts subjects to indicate responses by clicking on a graphic line segment or entering a numeric value. The program enhances accuracy in estimating moderating effects by overcoming transcriptional errors and scale coarseness.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software, Computer Software Evaluation, Estimation (Mathematics)

Stone, Clement A. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1992
TESTAT is a supplementary module for the popular SYSTAT statistical package for the personal computer. The program performs test analyses based on classical test theory and item response theory. Limitations and advantages are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software Evaluation, Error of Measurement, Item Response Theory
Poock, Melanie M. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1998
Describes Accelerated Reader (AR), a computer software program that promotes reading; discusses AR hardware requirements; explains how it is used for book selection and testing in schools; assesses the program's strengths and weaknesses; and describes how Grant and Madison Elementary Schools (Muscatine, Iowa) have used the program effectively.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software Evaluation, Elementary Education

Aiken, Lewis R. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1996
This article describes a set of 11 menu-driven procedures written in BASICA for MS-DOS based microcomputers for constructing several types of rating scales, attitude scales, and checklists, and for scoring responses to the constructed instruments. The uses of the program are described in detail. (SLD)
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Check Lists, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software