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Davenport, Ernest C.; Davison, Mark L.; Liou, Pey-Yan; Love, Quintin U. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2016
The main points of Sijtsma and Green and Yang in Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice (34, 4) are that reliability, internal consistency, and unidimensionality are distinct and that Cronbach's alpha may be problematic. Neither of these assertions are at odds with Davenport, Davison, Liou, and Love in the same issue. However, many authors…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Reliability, Validity, Test Construction
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Bandalos, Deborah L.; Kopp, Jason P. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2012
In this article, we discuss the importance of measurement literacy and some issues encountered in teaching introductory measurement courses. We present results from a survey of introductory measurement instructors, including information about the topics included in such courses and the amount of time spent on each. Topics that were included by the…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Motivation Techniques, Item Analysis, Test Theory