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Download full textRudner, Lawrence M.; Schafer, William D. – 2001
This digest discusses sources of error in testing, several approaches to estimating reliability, and several ways to increase test reliability. Reliability has been defined in different ways by different authors, but the best way to look at reliability may be the extent to which measurements resulting from a test are characteristics of those being…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Error of Measurement, Reliability, Scores
Gardner, Eric – 1989
Five of the common misuses of tests are reviewed: (1) acceptance of the test title as an accurate and complete description of the variable being measured (failure to examine the manual and the items carefully to know the specific aspects to be tested can result in misuse through selection of an inappropriate test for a particular purpose or…
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Evaluation Problems, Examiners, Scoring
