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Download full textMorse, David T.; Morse, Linda W. – 1976
Performance testing often entails the usage of expensive, time-consuming measures in the quest for determining the level of performance on some desired behavior. It is concluded that a generalizability theory approach to dealing with departures from reality in testing can aid in the establishment of empirically-based choices of measurement…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Mathematical Models, Measurement Techniques
Peer reviewedLord, Frederic M. – Psychometrika, 1974
Omitted items cannot properly be treated as wrong when estimating ability and item parameters. A convenient method for utilizing the information provided by omissions is presented. Theoretical and empirical justifications are presented for the estimates obtained by the new method. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Guessing (Tests), Item Analysis, Latent Trait Theory
