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Provides a summary of trad. & modern psychometrics pertaining to scoring tests. Intended for researchers & students in ed & social sciences interested in integration of ed assess & policy, test design & development & procedures for test admin & scoring.
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Contents: Preface. D. Thissen, H. Wainer, Overview of Test Scoring.Part I: Traditional Test Theory and Item Response Theory.H. Wainer, D. Thissen, True Score Theory: The Traditional Method. D. Thissen, M. Orlando, Item Response Theory for Items Scored in Two Categories. D. Thissen, L. Nelson, K. Rosa, L.D. McLeod, Item Response Theory for Items Scored in More Than Two Categories. Part II: Factor Analytic Theory.L.D. McLeod, K.A. Swygert, D. Thissen, Factor Analysis for Items Scored in Two Categories. K.A. Kwygert, L.D. McLeod, D. Thissen, Factor Analysis for Items or Testlets Scored in More Than Two Categories. Part III: Special Problems, Special Solutions (A Section of Applications).K. Rosa, K.A. Swygert, L. Nelson, D. Thissen, Item Response Theory Applied to Combinations of Multiple-Choice and Constructed-Response Items--Scale Scores for Patterns of Summed Scores. D. Thissen, L. Nelson, K.A. Swygert, Item Response Theory Applied to Combinations of Multiple-Choice and Constructed-Response Items--Approximation Methods for Scale Scores. H. Wainer, J.L. Vevea, F. Camacho, B.B. Reeve, III, K. Rosa, L. Nelson, K.A. Swygert, D. Thissen, Augmented Scores--"Borrowing Strength" to Compute Scores Based on Small Numbers of Items.
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David Thissen, Howard Wainer
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Provides a summary of trad. & modern psychometrics pertaining to scoring tests. Intended for researchers & students in ed & social sciences interested in integration of ed assess & policy, test design & development & procedures for test admin & scoring.
