(Not in Test Development, Validity & Scaling Methods
Analyzing Rater Agreement
Manifest Variable Methods
- By Alexander von Eye, and Eun Young Mun.
Published September 2006
Agreement among raters is of great importance in many domains. For example, in medicine, diagnoses are often provided by more than one doctor to make sure the proposed treatment is optimal. In criminal trials, sentencing depends, among other things, on the complete agreement among the jurors. In…
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Defending Standardized Testing
- Edited by Richard Phelps.
Published February 2005
The education reform movement of the past two decades has focused on raising academic standards. Some standards advocates attach a testing mechanism to gauge the extent to which high standards are actually accomplished, whereas some critics accuse the push for standards and testing of impeding…
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Scaling Methods
- By Peter Dunn-Rankin, Gerald A. Knezek, Susan R. Wallace and Shuqiang Zhang.
Published July 2004
Scaling Methods is written for professionals in the behavioral sciences who analyze data that results from subjective responses. Other books on scaling attitudes or measuring perceptions focus on the psychometrician's view of measurement. This book focuses on the users' view by concentrating on…
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Item Generation for Test Development
- Edited by Sidney H. Irvine, and Patrick C. Kyllonen.
Published February 2002
Since the mid-80s several laboratories around the world have been developing techniques for the operational use of tests derived from item-generation. According to the experts, the major thrust of test development in the next decade will be the harnessing of item generation technology to the…
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Test Scoring
- Edited by David Thissen, and Howard Wainer.
Published April 2001
Test Scoring provides a summary of traditional true score test theory and modern item response theory related to scoring tests, as well as novel developments resulting from the integration of these approaches. The background material introduced in the first four chapters builds a foundation for the…
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