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Download full textGershon, Richard C. – 1989
Examinees (N=1,233) at the Johnson O'Connor Research Foundation (JOCRF) were administered one of three test forms in which only item order differed. The study was undertaken to determine the validity of the assumption underlying item response theory (IRT) that there are fixed item parameters that can predict performance. The Rasch IRT model was…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Adaptive Testing, Adolescents, Adults
Betz, Nancy E.; Weiss, David J. – 1974
Monte Carlo simulation procedures were used to study the psychometric characteristics of two two-stage adaptive tests and a conventional "peaked" ability test. Results showed that scores yielded by both two-stage tests better reflected the normal distribution of underlying ability. Ability estimates yielded by one of the two stage tests…
Descriptors: Ability, Academic Ability, Adaptive Testing, Computers
Peer reviewedKent, Thomas H.; Albanese, Mark A. – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1987
Two types of computer-administered unit quizzes in a systematic pathology course for second-year medical students were compared. Quizzes composed of questions selected on the basis of a student's ability had higher correlations with the final examination than did quizzes composed of questions randomly selected from topic areas. (Author/JAZ)
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Comparative Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Difficulty Level
