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Comparison of Kernel Equating Methods under NEAT and NEC Designs
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Ozsoy, Seyma Nur; Kilmen, Sevilay – International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 2023
In this study, Kernel test equating methods were compared under NEAT and NEC designs. In NEAT design, Kernel post-stratification and chain equating methods taking into account optimal and large bandwidths were compared. In the NEC design, gender and/or computer/tablet use was considered as a covariate, and Kernel test equating methods were…
Descriptors: Equated Scores, Testing, Test Items, Statistical Analysis
Investigating Score Dependability in English/Chinese Interpreter Certification Performance Testing: A Generalizability Theory Approach
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Han, Chao – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2016
As a property of test scores, reliability/dependability constitutes an important psychometric consideration, and it underpins the validity of measurement results. A review of interpreter certification performance tests (ICPTs) reveals that (a) although reliability/dependability checking has been recognized as an important concern, its theoretical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scores, English, Chinese
Testing for Factorial Invariance of the Modified Leadership Scale for Sports: Using a Japanese Version
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Kwon, Hyungil Harry; Pyun, Do Young; Han, Siwan; Ogasawara, Etsuko – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2011
The objective of this study was to provide empirical evidence to support psychometric properties of a modified four-dimensional model of the Leadership Scale for Sports (LSS). The study tested invariance of all parameters (i.e., factor loadings, error variances, and factor variances-covariances) in the four-dimensional measurement model between…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Testing, Athletes, Factor Structure
A Response to an Article Published in "Educational Research"'s Special Issue on Assessment (June 2009). What Can Be Inferred about Classification Accuracy from Classification Consistency?
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Bramley, Tom – Educational Research, 2010
Background: A recent article published in "Educational Research" on the reliability of results in National Curriculum testing in England (Newton, "The reliability of results from national curriculum testing in England," "Educational Research" 51, no. 2: 181-212, 2009) suggested that: (1) classification accuracy can be…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Educational Research, Testing, Measurement
High School Exit Exams and "Mis"measurement
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Tienken, Christopher H. – Educational Forum, 2011
Test score validity takes center stage in the debate over the use of high school exit exams. Scant literature addresses the amount of conditional standard error of measurement (CSEM) present in individual student results on high school exit exams. The purpose of this study is to fill a void in the literature and add a national review of the CSEM,…
Descriptors: High Schools, Exit Examinations, State Departments of Education, Error of Measurement
Methods in Scaling the Basic Competence Test
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Chang, Shun-Wen – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2006
This study evaluates the effects of employing the linear, normalizing, and arcsine transformation methods for constructing scale scores on the Basic Competence Test (BCTEST). Tests in three subject areas (Chinese, English, and Mathematics) were studied using the data of test administrations from 2001 to 2003. The resulting scale scores for each…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Achievement Tests, Test Theory, True Scores