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Caudle, Kyle; Daniels, Erica – Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 2015
The Hunger Games is an annual event in the fictional country of Panem. Each year, 24 children (tributes) are chosen by lottery from 12 districts to fight to the death in the arena for the entertainment of the Capitol citizens. Using statistical analysis and computer simulations, we will explore the possibility that the Gamemakers, those in charge…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Computer Simulation, Novels, Goodness of Fit
Skaggs, Gary; Lissitz, Robert W. – 1985
This study examined how four commonly used test equating procedures (linear, equipercentile, Rasch Model, and three-parameter) would respond to situations in which the properties or the two tests being equated were different. Data for two tests plus an external anchor test were generated from a three parameter model in which mean test differences…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Equated Scores, Error of Measurement, Goodness of Fit