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  title info:
    title: Computerized adaptive testing
    sub title: from concept to implementation
  name:
    name part: Weiss, David J.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Şahin, Alper
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: EBSCOhost
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 2024
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource.
  table of contents: Cover -- Half Title Page -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Series Editor's Note -- Preface -- Contents -- Part I. The Why, What, and How of CAT -- 1. Why CAT? -- What Is CAT? -- Benefits of CAT -- Psychometric Benefits -- Benefits for Examinees -- Organizational Benefits -- Challenges of CAT -- Organizational Challenges -- Examinee Challenges -- Psychometric Challenges -- When Is CAT Feasible and When Is It Not? -- 2. The Birth of Adaptive Testing and Its Current Status -- Binet's Adaptive Test -- The Evolution of Adaptive Testing into CAT -- Early Approaches to CAT
  table of contents: Two-Stage and Multistage Tests -- CATs from "Pyramidal" Item Structures -- The Self-Scoring Flexilevel Test -- The Stratified-Adaptive Test -- Deficiencies of the Early Approaches to CAT -- The Current Status of Applications of CAT -- 3. Item Response Theory Used in CAT -- Item Response Functions for Dichotomously Scored Items -- Option Response Functions for Polytomously Scored Items -- Information Functions -- Item Information Functions -- Test and Bank Information Functions -- Measuring People with IRT -- Maximum Likelihood Estimation of O -- Variations of Maximum Likelihood Estimation
  table of contents: Linking and Equating -- Estimating IRT Item Parameters -- Selecting a Software Package -- Interpreting the Output -- Summary -- Advanced Topic: Item Parameter Estimation for Complex Models -- 4. Using CAT to Measure Individual Differences -- The Components of a Measurement CAT -- The Item Bank -- Beginning a CAT -- Selecting the Next Item -- Scoring Examinees -- Ending the CAT -- Putting It All Together: How CAT Works -- Sample CAT: Examinee A -- Sample CAT: Examinee B -- Some Properties of Fully Adaptive IRT-Based CATs -- Advanced Issues -- CAT Item Selection -- Ending a CAT
  table of contents: 5. CAT for Classification and Classification Plus Measurement -- Setting the Cutscore -- The Bank Response Function -- Types of Classification Applications -- Testing for Classification Only -- Adaptive Classification Test (ACT) -- Testing for Classification Plus Measurement -- Advanced Issues -- Cutscore- versus Estimate-Based Item Selection -- Ending an SCT When a O Estimate Is Too Close to the Cutscore -- Classifying with More Than Two Cutscores -- Classifying from Multiple Measurements -- Part II. Getting Your CAT Operational -- 6. Feasibility and Planning -- Developing a Business Case
  table of contents: The Item Bank -- Options and Costs -- Costs of Test Delivery -- Delivering High-Stakes CATs -- Custom Test Center Costs -- Potential Risks -- Psychometric Risks -- Nonpsychometric Risks -- Additional Considerations -- Developing a Project Plan -- Stakeholder Buy-In -- Implementing Simulations to Facilitate CAT Design -- Conclusions -- 7. Developing a CAT Item Bank: Writing and Evaluating Items -- How Many Items Do I Need in My Bank? -- Write as Many Items as You Can -- Do Not Build an Item Bank Solely for Today-Think about the Future as Well -- What Kinds of Items Work for CAT?
  note: David J. Weiss, Alper Şahin.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: Computer adaptive testing
  subject:
    topic: Psychological tests
    topic: Data processing
  subject:
    topic: Tests adaptatifs par ordinateur
  subject:
    topic: Tests psychologiques
    topic: Informatique
  classification: BF176.2 .W45 2024
  classification: 153.9/30285
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  record info:
    record content source: YDX
    record creation date: 240505
    record change date: 20240610075041.3
    record identifier: in00004793193
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng