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Download full textDoppelt, Jerome E. – Test Service Bulletin, 1956
The standard error of measurement as a means for estimating the margin of error that should be allowed for in test scores is discussed. The true score measures the performance that is characteristic of the person tested; the variations, plus and minus, around the true score describe a characteristic of the test. When the standard deviation is used…
Descriptors: Bulletins, Error of Measurement, Measurement Techniques, Reliability
Test Service Bulletin, 1954
Four points are made and discussed concerning the correction for guessing on tests: (1) the correction could more properly be called a penalty for answering wrong; (2) the basic assumption underlying the correction is the concept of the "chance score"--one expects a proportion of the number of items to be answered correctly on the basis of chance;…
Descriptors: Bulletins, Guessing (Tests), Multiple Choice Tests, Response Style (Tests)
