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Download full textHaertel, Edward H. – 1992
Classical test theory, item response theory, and generalizability theory all treat the abilities to be measured as continuous variables, and the items of a test as independent probes of underlying continua. These models are well-suited to measuring the broad, diffuse traits of traditional differential psychology, but not for measuring the outcomes…
Descriptors: Ability, Data Analysis, Error of Measurement, Generalizability Theory
