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van der Linden, Wim J. – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2009
A bivariate lognormal model for the distribution of the response times on a test by a pair of test takers is presented. As the model has parameters for the item effects on the response times, its correlation parameter automatically corrects for the spuriousness in the observed correlation between the response times of different test takers because…
Descriptors: Cheating, Models, Reaction Time, Correlation
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van der Linden, Wim J.; Ariel, Adelaide; Veldkamp, Bernard P. – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2006
Test-item writing efforts typically results in item pools with an undesirable correlational structure between the content attributes of the items and their statistical information. If such pools are used in computerized adaptive testing (CAT), the algorithm may be forced to select items with less than optimal information, that violate the content…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Test Items, Item Banks