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Download full textPommerich, Mary; Segall, Daniel O. – 2003
Research discussed in this paper was conducted as part of an ongoing large-scale simulation study to evaluate methods of calibrating pretest items for computerized adaptive testing (CAT) pools. The simulation was designed to mimic the operational CAT Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) testing program, in which a single pretest item…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Item Banks, Maximum Likelihood Statistics
Peer reviewedvan der Linden, Wim J.; Scrams, David J.; Schnipke, Deborah L. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1999
Proposes an item-selection algorithm for neutralizing the differential effects of time limits on computerized adaptive test scores. Uses a statistical model for distributions of examinees' response times on items in a bank that is updated each time an item is administered. Demonstrates the method using an item bank from the Armed Services…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Algorithms, Computer Assisted Testing, Item Banks
Stocking, Martha L. – 1988
Recent advances in psychometrics and computer technology encourage the development of model-based methods of individualized testing on a microcomputer, where each examinee receives short tests and where the number of pretest items that can be administered is severely restricted. On-line (i.e., data is collected on operational equipment) methods…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Item Banks, Item Response Theory
Peer reviewedArmstrong, R. D.; And Others – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1996
When the network-flow algorithm (NFA) and the average growth approximation algorithm (AGAA) were used for automated test assembly with American College Test and Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery item banks, results indicate that reasonable error in item parameters is not harmful for test assembly using NFA or AGAA. (SLD)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Aptitude Tests, College Entrance Examinations, Computer Assisted Testing
Peer reviewedArmstrong, Ronald D.; And Others – Psychometrika, 1992
A method is presented and illustrated for simultaneously generating multiple tests with similar characteristics from the item bank by using binary programing techniques. The parallel tests are created to match an existing seed test item for item and to match user-supplied taxonomic specifications. (SLD)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Arithmetic, Computer Assisted Testing, Equations (Mathematics)
Sympson, J. B.; Hartmann, Loralee – 1982
In connection with the development of item pools for the Navy's experimental Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT) system, items in five different content areas (General Science, Paragraph Composition, Word Knowledge, Math Knowledge, and Arithmetic Reasoning) have been calibrated using item response theory (IRT) methodology. Operational Armed…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Adults, Computer Assisted Testing, Estimation (Mathematics)
Schratz, Mary K. – 1986
A computerized adaptive testing version of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (CAT-ASVAB) is being developed to test ten areas of vocational aptitude. Development of the CAT-ASVAB is based upon the use of item banks, testing and scoring procedures, assessment of test reliability and test validity, a technical manual, and the…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Adults, Aptitude Tests, Computer Assisted Testing
Vale, C. David; Gialluca, Kathleen A. – 1985
ASCAL is a microcomputer-based program for calibrating items according to the three-parameter logistic model of item response theory. It uses a modified multivariate Newton-Raphson procedure for estimating item parameters. This study evaluated this procedure using Monte Carlo Simulation Techniques. The current version of ASCAL was then compared to…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Bayesian Statistics, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Simulation
Prestwood, J. Stephen; And Others – 1985
In order to take advantage of advances in the field of mental measurement, the Armed Forces and the Department of Defense have supported the development of a computerized adaptive version of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) for use in military personnel selection and classification. This report describes the development and…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Armed Forces, Computer Assisted Testing, Data Collection
