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Download full textBorman, Walter C.; Rosse, Rodney L. – 1980
As an alternative for or adjunct to paper-and-pencil tests for predicting personnel performance, the United States Air Force studied the use of peer ratings as an evaluative tool. Purpose of this study was to evaluate the psychometric characteristics of peer ratings among Air Force basic trainees. Peer ratings were obtained from more than 27,000…
Descriptors: Military Personnel, Peer Evaluation, Personnel Evaluation, Personnel Selection
Sabers, Darrell L.; White, Gordon W. – 1971
A procedure for scoring multiple-choice tests by assigning different weights to every option of a test item is investigated. The weighting method used was based on that proposed by Davis, which involves taking the upper and lower 27% of a sample, according to some criterion measure, and using the percentages of these groups marking an item option…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Item Analysis, Measurement Techniques, Multiple Choice Tests
Winters, Lynn – 1979
Four systems for scoring student essays were used to classify eleventh grade and undergraduate students according to writing ability. The reliabilities of the raters and the validities of the systems in classifying students were emphasized. Two analytic scoring systems--which assume that quality writing is characterized by the inclusion of certain…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Analytical Criticism, Essays, Evaluation Criteria
