Assessing the Reliability of Tests Used to Make Pass/Fail Decisions.

Livingston, Samuel A.; Wingersky, Marilyn A.

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Publication Date: 1979

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Assessing the Reliability of Tests Used to Make Pass/Fail Decisions.

Livingston, Samuel A.; Wingersky, Marilyn A.

Journal of Educational Measurement, v16 n4 p247-60 Win 1979

Procedures are described for studying the reliability of decisions based on specific passing scores with tests made up of discrete items and designed to measure continuous rather than categorical traits. These procedures are based on the estimation of the joint distribution of true scores and observed scores. (CTM)

Descriptors: Cutting Scores, Decision Making, Efficiency, Error of Measurement, Mastery Tests, Mathematical Formulas, Measurement, Reliability, Tables (Data), Test Reliability, True Scores

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom; Numerical/Quantitative Data

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