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Jing Ma – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study investigated the impact of scoring polytomous items later on measurement precision, classification accuracy, and test security in mixed-format adaptive testing. Utilizing the shadow test approach, a simulation study was conducted across various test designs, lengths, number and location of polytomous item. Results showed that while…
Descriptors: Scoring, Adaptive Testing, Test Items, Classification
Lance M. Kruse – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This study explores six item-reduction methodologies used to shorten an existing complex problem-solving non-objective test by evaluating how each shortened form performs across three sources of validity evidence (i.e., test content, internal structure, and relationships with other variables). Two concerns prompted the development of the present…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Comparative Analysis, Test Format, Test Length
Wu, Yi-Fang – ProQuest LLC, 2015
Item response theory (IRT) uses a family of statistical models for estimating stable characteristics of items and examinees and defining how these characteristics interact in describing item and test performance. With a focus on the three-parameter logistic IRT (Birnbaum, 1968; Lord, 1980) model, the current study examines the accuracy and…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Test Items, Accuracy, Computation
Wang, Wei – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Mixed-format tests containing both multiple-choice (MC) items and constructed-response (CR) items are now widely used in many testing programs. Mixed-format tests often are considered to be superior to tests containing only MC items although the use of multiple item formats leads to measurement challenges in the context of equating conducted under…
Descriptors: Equated Scores, Test Format, Test Items, Test Length
Sunnassee, Devdass – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Small sample equating remains a largely unexplored area of research. This study attempts to fill in some of the research gaps via a large-scale, IRT-based simulation study that evaluates the performance of seven small-sample equating methods under various test characteristic and sampling conditions. The equating methods considered are typically…
Descriptors: Test Length, Test Format, Sample Size, Simulation