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Lord, Frederic M. – Psychometrika, 1985
Given a loss function, an asymptotic method for optimal test design for a specified target population of examinees is presented. Also, of more practical use, given an existing unidimensional test and target population, a way is presented to find the loss function for which the test is optimal. (NSF)
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Higher Education, Item Sampling, Latent Trait Theory