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Peer reviewedStone, Gregory Ethan; Lunz, Mary E. – Applied Measurement in Education, 1994
Effects of reviewing items and altering responses on examinee ability estimates, test precision, test information, decision confidence, and pass/fail status were studied for 376 examinees taking 2 certification tests. Test precision is only slightly affected by review, and average information loss can be recovered by addition of one item. (SLD)
Descriptors: Ability, Adaptive Testing, Certification, Change
Download full textReckase, Mark D. – 1979
This paper describes two procedures for making binary classification decisions using tailored testing: the sequential probability ratio test (SPRT) and a Bayesian decision procedure. The first procedure described, the SPRT, was developed by Wald for quality control work. It has not been widely applied for testing applications because the…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Bayesian Statistics, Computer Assisted Testing, Criterion Referenced Tests
