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Test Equating, Scaling, and Linking : Methods and Practices /

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Test equating methods are used with many standardized tests in education and psychology to ensure that scores from multiple test forms can be used interchangeably. In recent years, researchers from the education, psychology, and statistics communities have contributed to the rapidly growing statisti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kolen, Michael J.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Brennan, Robert L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2004.
Edition:Second edition.
Series:Statistics for social science and public policy.
Subjects:
Statistics.
Educational tests and measurements.
Psychometrics.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction and Concepts
  • Observed Score Equating Using the Random Groups Design
  • Random Groups
  • Smoothing in Equipercentile Equating
  • Nonequivalent Groups
  • Linear Methods
  • Nonequivalent Groups
  • Equipercentile Methods
  • Item Response Theory Methods
  • Standard Errors of Equating
  • Practical Issues in Equating
  • Score Scales
  • Linking
  • Current and Future Challenges.