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Peer reviewedVale, C. David – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1990
Describes Minnesota Clerical Assessment Battery (MCAB), one of the first computerized tests for personnel selection to be made commercially available to businesses. Maintains that application of computerized testing to business is somewhat different from its application to education or counseling. Presents results of survey of potential users who…
Descriptors: Business English, Business Skills, Clerical Workers, Computer Assisted Testing
Peer reviewedVale, C. David; Gialluca, Kathleen A. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1988
To determine which produced the most accurate item parameter estimates, four methods of item response theory were evaluated: (1) heuristic estimates; (2) the ANCILLES program; (3) the LOGIST program; and (4) the ASCAL program. LOGIST and ASCAL produced estimates of superior and essentially equivalent accuracy. (SLD)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software, Estimation (Mathematics)
