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Download full textPerkins, Kyle; And Others – 1994
This paper reports the results of using a three-layer backpropagation artificial neural network to predict item difficulty in a reading comprehension test. Two network structures were developed, one with and one without a sigmoid function in the output processing unit. The data set, which consisted of a table of coded test items and corresponding…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Assisted Testing, Expert Systems, Item Analysis
