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Direct linkDeCarlo, Lawrence T. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 2005
An approach to essay grading based on signal detection theory (SDT) is presented. SDT offers a basis for understanding rater behavior with respect to the scoring of construct responses, in that it provides a theory of psychological processes underlying the raters' behavior. The approach also provides measures of the precision of the raters and the…
Descriptors: Validity, Simulation, Grading, Item Response Theory
