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Parshall, Cynthia G.; Kromrey, Jeffrey D.; Harmes, J. Christine; Sentovich, Christina – 2001
Computerized adaptive tests (CATs) are efficient because of their optimal item selection procedures that target maximally informative items at each estimated ability level. However, operational administration of these optimal CATs results in a relatively small subset of items given to examinees too often, while another portion of the item pool is…
Descriptors: Ability, Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Estimation (Mathematics)
Samejima, Fumiko – 1984
Simple sum procedure of the conditional PDF approach (plausiblity of distractor function) combined with the normal approach method was applied for estimating the plausibility functions of the distractors of the Level II vocabulary subtest items of the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills. In so doing, the normal ogive model was adopted for the correct…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Estimation (Mathematics), Item Analysis