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Test item bias

Title
Test item bias / Steven J. Osterlind.
Author
Osterlind, Steven J.
Publication
Beverly Hills, California : Sage Publications, ©1983.

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Description
85 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
Series Statement
Sage university papers series. Quantitative applications in the social sciences ; no. 07-030
Uniform Title
Quantitative applications in the social sciences ; no. 07-030.
Subject
  • prüfte'st
  • Fraunhofer-Institut für Toxikologie und Experimentelle Medizin
  • Social sciences > Statistical methods
  • Social sciences > Methodology
  • Selection Bias
  • Social Sciences > methods
  • Social sciences > Methodology
  • Social sciences > Statistical methods
  • Validität
  • Verzerrung
  • Test
  • Bias
  • Psychologische tests
  • Bias
  • Psychological tests > Statistical methods
  • Educational tests and measurements > Statistical methods
  • Test bias > Statistics
  • Sciences sociales > Méthodologie
  • Sciences sociales > Méthodes statistiques
  • Psychométrie
  • Tests et mesures en éducation
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 81-84.
Contents
1. Introduction. What this monograph is about ; How this monograph is organized ; What is bias? ; Assumptions and terms ; Strategies preview ; Quick but incomplete methods ; New territory – 2. Analysis of variance. The theory ; Post hoc procedures ; Problems and limitations ; Research examples -- 3. Transformed item difficulties. Advantages ; Tested hypothesis ; The procedures ; Transforming the scale ; Major axis and distance points ; How far is far? ; Difficulties with TID ; Variations of TID -- 4. Chi square. Establishing ability levels ; Notation ; The methods -- 5. Item characteristic curve. Item response theory ; Assumptions of IRT ; The three-parameter model ; Estimation of the parameters ; Equating the scales ; Comparing the curves ; What researchers think of ICC -- 6. Distractor response analysis. The procedures ; Significance tests ; Post hoc procedures -- 7. Summary.
ISBN
  • 0803919891
  • 9780803919891
LCCN
83060129
OCLC
  • ocm09539257
  • 9539257
  • SCSB-618389
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library