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Chang, Kuo-Feng – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This dissertation was designed to foster a deeper understanding of population invariance in the context of composite-score equating and provide practitioners with guidelines for addressing score equity concerns at the composite score level. The purpose of this dissertation was threefold. The first was to compare different composite equating…
Descriptors: Test Items, Equated Scores, Methods, Design
Paneerselvam, Bavani – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Multiple-choice retrieval practice with additional lures reduces retention on a later test (Roediger & Marsh, 2005). However, the mechanism underlying the negative outcomes with additional lures is poorly understood. Given that the positive outcomes of retrieval practice are associated with enhanced relational and item-specific processing…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Test Items, Item Analysis, Recall (Psychology)
Sukin, Tia M. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The presence of outlying anchor items is an issue faced by many testing agencies. The decision to retain or remove an item is a difficult one, especially when the content representation of the anchor set becomes questionable by item removal decisions. Additionally, the reason for the aberrancy is not always clear, and if the performance of the…
Descriptors: Simulation, Science Achievement, Sampling, Data Analysis