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Peer reviewedDyck, Walter; Plancke-Schuyten, Gilberte – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1976
Previous knowledge of the difficulty index and the intercorrelations of the items will allow group results to be predicted and manipulated. A compound bionomial probability function of a testscore is established for which a computer program has been written. Three item selections and the appropriate probability distributions are given which give…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Multiple Choice Tests, Prediction, Probability
Download full textLord, Frederic M. – 1971
Some stochastic approximation procedures are considered in relation to the problem of choosing a sequence of test questions to accurately estimate a given examinee's standing on a psychological dimension. Illustrations are given evaluating certain procedures in a specific context. (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Adaptive Testing, Computer Programs, Difficulty Level
