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Direct linkSinharay, Sandip – Grantee Submission, 2018
Tatsuoka (1984) suggested several extended caution indices and their standardized versions that have been used as person-fit statistics by researchers such as Drasgow, Levine, and McLaughlin (1987), Glas and Meijer (2003), and Molenaar and Hoijtink (1990). However, these indices are only defined for tests with dichotomous items. This paper extends…
Descriptors: Test Format, Goodness of Fit, Item Response Theory, Error Patterns
Wolf, Raffaela; Zahner, Doris; Kostoris, Fiorella; Benjamin, Roger – Council for Aid to Education, 2014
The measurement of higher-order competencies within a tertiary education system across countries presents methodological challenges due to differences in educational systems, socio-economic factors, and perceptions as to which constructs should be assessed (Blömeke, Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, Kuhn, & Fege, 2013). According to Hart Research…
Descriptors: Case Studies, International Assessment, Performance Based Assessment, Critical Thinking
Kingston, Neal M.; McKinley, Robert L. – 1988
Confirmatory multidimensional item response theory (CMIRT) was used to assess the structure of the Graduate Record Examination General Test, about which much information about factorial structure exists, using a sample of 1,001 psychology majors taking the test in 1984 or 1985. Results supported previous findings that, for this population, there…
Descriptors: College Students, Factor Analysis, Higher Education, Item Analysis
McCall, Chester H., Jr.; Gardner, Suzanne – 1984
The Research Services of the National Education Association (NEA) conducted a nationwide teacher opinion poll (TOP) based upon a stratified disproportionate two-state cluster sample of classroom teachers. This research study was conducted to test the hypothesis that the order of presentation of items would make no difference in the conclusions…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Elementary Secondary Education, National Surveys, Statistical Analysis
Peer reviewedPlake, Barbara S.; Ansorge, Charles J. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1984
Scores representing number of items right and self-perceptions were analyzed for a nonquantitative examination that was assembled into three forms. Multivariate ANCOVA revealed no significant effects for the cognitive measure. However, significant sex and sex x order effects were found for perceptions scores not parallel to those reported…
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Higher Education, Multiple Choice Tests, Scores
Lawrence, Ida M.; Schmidt, Amy Elizabeth – College Entrance Examination Board, 2001
The SAT® I: Reasoning Test is administered seven times a year. Primarily for security purposes, several different test forms are given at each administration. How is it possible to compare scores obtained from different test forms and from different test administrations? The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the statistical…
Descriptors: Scores, Comparative Analysis, Standardized Tests, College Entrance Examinations
Bailey, Kathleen M., Ed.; And Others – 1987
This collection of 10 selected conference papers report the results of language testing research. Titles and authors are: "Computerized Adaptive Language Testing: A Spanish Placement Exam" (Jerry W. Larson); "Utilizing Rasch Analysis to Detect Cheating on Language Examinations" (Harold S. Madsen); "Scalar Analysis of…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Audiolingual Skills, Cheating, Computer Assisted Testing
