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Cope, Ronald T.; Kolen, Michael J. – 1987
This study compared five density estimation techniques applied to samples from a population of 272,244 examinees' ACT English Usage and Mathematics Usage raw scores. Unsmoothed frequencies, kernel method, negative hypergeometric, four-parameter beta compound binomial, and Cureton-Tukey methods were applied to 500 replications of random samples of…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Estimation (Mathematics), Higher Education, Mathematical Models
Thompson, Bruce; Borrello, Gloria M. – 1987
Attitude measures frequently produce distributions of item scores that attenuate interitem correlations and thus also distort findings regarding the factor structure underlying the items. An actual data set involving 260 adult subjects' responses to 55 items on the Love Relationships Scale is employed to illustrate empirical methods for…
Descriptors: Adults, Analysis of Covariance, Attitude Measures, Correlation
Lockwood, Robert E.; And Others – 1986
Standards, passing scores, or cut scores have been seen as an element of criterion-referenced tests since their introduction. This paper discusses at least two issues surrounding the establishment of cut scores which appear to need clarification: (1) the theoretical definition of a cut score; and (2) decisions which must be made in selecting a…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Cutting Scores, Error of Measurement, High Schools
Phillips, Gary W.; Huynh, Huynh – 1985
A procedure which may be used to project the frequency distribution of one test onto that of another test is described and illustrated. The procedure is useful when a test developer wishes to construct an alternate form with preferred distributional characteristics. For example, the test developer may wish to construct a new test form with a…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Item Analysis, Item Banks
Sarvela, Paul D. – 1986
Four discrimination indices were compared, using score distributions which were normal, bimodal, and negatively skewed. The score distributions were systematically varied to represent the common circumstances of a military training situation using criterion-referenced mastery tests. Three 20-item tests were administered to 110 simulated subjects.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Criterion Referenced Tests, Item Analysis, Mastery Tests
Bunch, Michael B. – 1986
In 1983 the Maryland State Department of Public Education (MSDE) issued a request for proposals for "The Development of the Score Reporting System for the Maryland Functional Testing Program." The MSDE called for a literature review, a national survey, a statewide survey of user needs and capabilities, an assessment of the state's report…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Design Requirements, Elementary Secondary Education, National Surveys