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Raymond, Mark R.; Harik, Polina; Clauser, Brian E. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2011
Prior research indicates that the overall reliability of performance ratings can be improved by using ordinary least squares (OLS) regression to adjust for rater effects. The present investigation extends previous work by evaluating the impact of OLS adjustment on standard errors of measurement ("SEM") at specific score levels. In…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Licensing Examinations (Professions), Least Squares Statistics, Item Response Theory
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Zinbarg, Richard E.; Yovel, Iftah; Revelle, William; McDonald, Roderick P. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2006
The extent to which a scale score generalizes to a latent variable common to all of the scale's indicators is indexed by the scale's general factor saturation. Seven techniques for estimating this parameter--omega[hierarchical] (omega[subscript h])--are compared in a series of simulated data sets. Primary comparisons were based on 160 artificial…
Descriptors: Computation, Factor Analysis, Reliability, Correlation