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Download full textWilcox, Rand – 1977
False-positive and false-negative dicisions are the fundamental errors committed with a mastery test; yet the estimation of the likelihood of committing these errors has not been investigated. Accordingly, two methods of estimating the likelihood of committing these errors are described and then investigated using Monte Carlo techniques.…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Computer Programs, Error Patterns, Item Analysis
