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Download full textTatsuoka, Kikumi – 1978
This study examined the appropriateness of the use of criterion referenced tests as a means of controlling an individual student's advancement to the next level of instruction or retention in the current unit in the PLATO Air Force Base Computer-Based Education project at Chanute. The study was also concerned with program evaluation, which…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Computer Assisted Instruction, Criterion Referenced Tests, Evaluation Methods
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Direct linkMay, Henry – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2006
In this article, a new method is presented and implemented for deriving a scale of socioeconomic status (SES) from international survey data using a multilevel Bayesian item response theory (IRT) model. The proposed model incorporates both international anchor items and nation-specific items and is able to (a) produce student family SES scores…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Bayesian Statistics, Socioeconomic Status, Scaling
