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Download full textParkes, Jay; Suen, Hoi K. – 1995
This study demonstrates the advantages of using a constrained optimization algorithm to explore the optimal number of prompts, modes of discourse, and raters for achieving an acceptable level of reliability during a direct writing assessment. Writing samples elicited from 50 college students were rated by 3 graduate students and the scores…
Descriptors: Algorithms, College Students, Educational Assessment, Generalizability Theory
