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Nandakumar, Ratna – 1988
The effectiveness of Stout's procedure for assessing latent trait unidimensionality was studied. Strong empirical evidence of the utility of the statistical test in a variety of settings is provided. The procedure was modified to correct for increased bias, and a new algorithm to determine the size of assessment sub-tests was used. The following…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Latent Trait Theory, Monte Carlo Methods, Standardized Tests