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Mrazik, Martin; Janzen, Troy M.; Dombrowski, Stefan C.; Barford, Sean W.; Krawchuk, Lindsey L. – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2012
A total of 19 graduate students enrolled in a graduate course conducted 6 consecutive administrations of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, 4th edition (WISC-IV, Canadian version). Test protocols were examined to obtain data describing the frequency of examiner errors, including administration and scoring errors. Results identified 511…
Descriptors: Intelligence Tests, Intelligence, Statistical Analysis, Scoring
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Cui, Ying; Leighton, Jacqueline P. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 2009
In this article, we introduce a person-fit statistic called the hierarchy consistency index (HCI) to help detect misfitting item response vectors for tests developed and analyzed based on a cognitive model. The HCI ranges from -1.0 to 1.0, with values close to -1.0 indicating that students respond unexpectedly or differently from the responses…
Descriptors: Test Length, Simulation, Correlation, Research Methodology
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Meyer, Kevin D.; Foster, Jeff L. – International Journal of Testing, 2008
With the increasing globalization of human resources practices, a commensurate increase in demand has occurred for multi-language ("global") personality norms for use in selection and development efforts. The combination of data from multiple translations of a personality assessment into a single norm engenders error from multiple sources. This…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Cultural Differences, Norms, Human Resources