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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
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
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
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
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?
Includes bibliographical references and index.