The aim of this study was twofold: First, we investigated whether scores on an admission test administered in proctored and unproctored environments led to similar predictions of …
This study employed a data simulation to evaluate the impact of a strategy to reduce test length by including only high-quality test questions, where quality was defined by a …
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Item response theory (IRT) is a mathematical model that is often applied in the development and analysis of educational and psychological assessments. Various IRT models exist, and …
Item response theory (IRT) is a mathematical model used to support the development, analysis, and scoring of tests and questionnaires. For example, IRT allows for the description …
While an admission test may strongly predict success in university or law school programs for most test takers, there may be some test takers who are mismeasured. To address this …
In high-stakes testing, it is important to verify the validity of individual test scores. Although a test, in general, results in valid test scores for most test takers, there may …
Several statistics used to detect inconsistent patterns of correct/incorrect answers to test questions (items) were evaluated based on data from one Analytical Reasoning (AR) and …
In this report we present a measure to identify unlikely patterns of correct/incorrect answers to test questions (commonly referred to as items). Such patterns may occur as a …
Most high-stakes testing programs apply methods to identify unlikely patterns of correct/incorrect responses to test questions. Some examples of why such patterns may occur include …