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Download full textWang, Xiang-Bo; Harris, Vincent; Roussos, Louis – 2002
Multidimensionality is known to affect the accuracy of item parameter and ability estimations, which subsequently influences the computation of item characteristic curves (ICCs) and true scores. By judiciously combining sections of a Law School Admission Test (LSAT), 11 sections of varying degrees of uni- and multidimensional structures are used…
Descriptors: Ability, College Entrance Examinations, Computer Assisted Testing, Estimation (Mathematics)
Hicks, Marilyn M. – 1989
Methods of computerized adaptive testing using conventional scoring methods in order to develop a computerized placement test for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) were studied. As a consequence of simulation studies during the first phase of the study, the multilevel testing paradigm was adopted to produce three test levels…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Adults, Algorithms, Computer Assisted Testing
