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Peer reviewedHambleton, Ronald K. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1987
This paper presents an algorithm for determining the number of items to measure each objective in a criterion-referenced test when testing time is fixed and when the objectives vary in their levels of importance, reliability, and validity. Results of four special applications of the algorithm are presented. (BS)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Behavioral Objectives, Criterion Referenced Tests, Test Construction
