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Download full textThompson, Janet G.; Weiss, David J. – 1980
The relative validity of adaptive and conventional testing strategies using non-test variables as one set of external criteria was investigated. A total of 101 college students completed both a variable length stradaptive test and peaked conventional test; a second group of 131 college students completed a variable length Bayesian adaptive test…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adaptive Testing, College Entrance Examinations, Computer Assisted Testing
PDF pending restorationVale, C. David; Weiss, David J. – 1977
Twenty multiple-choice vocabulary items and 20 free-response vocabulary items were administered to 660 college students. The free-response items consisted of the stem words of the multiple-choice items. Testees were asked to respond to the free-response items with synonyms. A computer algorithm was developed to transform the numerous…
Descriptors: Ability, Adaptive Testing, Algorithms, Aptitude Tests
Warm, Thomas A. – 1978
This primer is an introduction to item response theory (also called item characteristic curve theory, or latent trait theory) as it is used most commonly--for scoring multiple choice achievement or aptitude tests. Written for the testing practitioner with minimum training in statistics and psychometrics, it presents and illustrates the basic…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Achievement Tests, Adaptive Testing, Aptitude Tests
