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Download full textBliss, Leonard B. – 1981
The aim of this study was to show that the superiority of corrected-for-guessing scores over number right scores as true score estimates depends on the ability of examinees to recognize situations where they can eliminate one or more alternatives as incorrect and to omit items where they would only be guessing randomly. Previous investigations…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Guessing (Tests), Intermediate Grades, Multiple Choice Tests
Peer reviewedBirenbaum, Menucha; Fatsuoka, Kikumi K. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1983
The outcomes of two scoring methods (one based on an error analysis and the second on a conventional method) on free-response tests, compared in terms of reliability and dimensionality, indicates the conventional method is inferior in both aspects. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Algorithms, Data, Junior High Schools
Peer reviewedLane, Irving M.; And Others – Group and Organization Studies, 1981
Presents both logical and empirical evidence to illustrate that the conventional scoring algorithm for ranking tasks significantly underestimates the initial level of group ability and that Slevin's alternative scoring algorithm significantly overestimates the initial level of ability. Presents a modification of Slevin's algorithm which authors…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Algorithms, Evaluation Methods, Group Dynamics
PDF pending restorationVale, C. David; Weiss, David J. – 1977
Twenty multiple-choice vocabulary items and 20 free-response vocabulary items were administered to 660 college students. The free-response items consisted of the stem words of the multiple-choice items. Testees were asked to respond to the free-response items with synonyms. A computer algorithm was developed to transform the numerous…
Descriptors: Ability, Adaptive Testing, Algorithms, Aptitude Tests
