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Download full textKleinke, David J. – 1972
In a post-mortem study of item sampling, 1,050 examinees were divided into ten groups 50 times. Each time, their papers were scored on four different sets of item samples from a 150-item test of academic aptitude. These samples were selected using (a) unstratified random sampling and stratification on (b) content, (c) difficulty, and (d) both.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Item Sampling, Predictive Validity, Research Methodology
Millman, Jason – Educational Technology, 1974
A discussion of an efficient assignment plan for the domain-referenced testing program to govern how examinees encounter the items. (Author)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Item Sampling, Measurement Techniques, Predictive Measurement
Peer reviewedMartin, Robert F. – Psychological Record, 1977
A procedure for sampling questions from a universe for repetition of criterion performances is described. Academic and administrative benefits are also noted. Available from: Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio 43022. (Author/LBH)
Descriptors: Contingency Management, Higher Education, Independent Study, Innovation
Farr, S. David; Subkoviak, Michael J.
This handbook for training program evaluators provides background information and practice activities in the following areas: (1) measurement: purposes, ideals, possibilities; (2) defining measurement domains; (3) person and item sampling; (4) test and item selection--with a selected list of standardized tests with pertinent information on each,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Classroom Observation Techniques, Guides, Item Sampling
Scheetz, James P.; Forsyth, Robert A. – 1977
Empirical evidence is presented related to the effects of using a stratified sampling of items in multiple matrix sampling on the accuracy of estimates of the population mean. Data were obtained from a sample of 600 high school students for a 36-item mathematics test and a 40-item vocabulary test, both subtests of the Iowa Tests of Educational…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Difficulty Level, Item Analysis, Item Sampling
Gifford, Janice A.; Hambleton, Ronald K. – 1980
Technical considerations associated with item selection and reliability assessment are considered in relation to criterion-referenced tests constructed to provide group information. The purpose is to emphasize test building and the evaluation of test scores in program evaluation studies. It is stressed that an evaluator employ a performance or…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Group Testing, Item Sampling, Models
Ward, Barbara – 1980
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has completed two assessments of mathematics, the first conducted in 1972-73 and the second during 1977-78. Each assessment surveyed the mathematics achievement of American 9-, 13-, and 17-year-olds, using a deeply stratified, multi-stage probability sample design. This report documents…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Assessment
