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Download full textLord, Frederic M.; Wild, Cheryl L. – 1985
This study compares the contribution to measurement accuracy of the verbal score of each of four verbal item types included in the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) General Test. Comparisons are based on item response theory, a methodology that allows the researcher to look at the accuracy of individual points on the score scale. This methodology…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Error of Measurement, Graduate Study, Higher Education
