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Yen, Wendy M. – 1982
Test scores that are not perfectly reliable cannot be strictly equated unless they are strictly parallel. This fact implies that tau equivalence can be lost if an equipercentile equating is applied to observed scores that are not strictly parallel. Thirty-six simulated data sets are produced to simulate equating tests with different difficulties…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Equated Scores, Latent Trait Theory, Methods
