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Peer reviewedBhaskar, R.; Dillard, Jesse F. – Instructional Science, 1983
Description of an objective method for assigning weights to questions on examinations includes discussions of classical test theory, knowledge organization, and how task analysis can be used to identify knowledge elements required to solve specific problems, rank them, and assign objective weights to exam questions using a Pareto distribution (7…
Descriptors: Accounting, Epistemology, Evaluation Methods, Item Analysis
Peer reviewedIsmail, Ainon – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1986
O'Brien's research on Prescriptive Test Theory was replicated, using a survey of basic skills in mathematics taught in Singapore. The feasibility of using Prescriptive Test Theory on a large scale basis was investigated. Instruments used in the study were given in Appendix II (pp. 71-87). (LMO)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Testing
Download full textPrestwood, J. Stephen; And Others – 1985
Six new forms of Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) were developed. These new forms were equated to a standard reference test, ASVAB 8a, using normative data based on a 1980 weighted probability sample of American youth, ages 18-23. Equating allows the services to report the distributions of examinee ability on a common metric or…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Aptitude Tests, Armed Forces, Data Collection
