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Download full textBergstrom, Betty A.; Gershon, Richard – 1992
The most useful method of item selection for making pass-fail decisions with a Computerized Adaptive Test (CAT) was studied. Medical technology students (n=86) took a computer adaptive test in which items were targeted to the ability of the examinee. The adaptive algorithm that selected items and estimated person measures used the Rasch model and…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Algorithms, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing
Peer reviewedBergstrom, Betty A.; Lunz, Mary E. – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1992
The level of confidence in pass/fail decisions obtained with computerized adaptive tests and paper-and-pencil tests was greater for 645 medical technology students when the computer adaptive test implemented a 90 percent confidence stopping rule than for paper-and-pencil tests of comparable length. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Comparative Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Confidence Testing
Bergstrom, Betty A.; Lunz, Mary E. – 1991
The level of confidence in pass/fail decisions obtained with computer adaptive tests (CATs) was compared to decisions based on paper-and-pencil tests. Subjects included 645 medical technology students from 238 educational programs across the country. The tests used in this study constituted part of the subjects' review for the certification…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Certification, Comparative Testing, Computer Assisted Testing
