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Constructing Test Items
Steven J. Osterlind
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Description for Constructing Test Items
Hardback. Addresses various issues in constructing test items. This book describes the characteristics and functions of test items. It presents editorial guidelines for writing test items in several item formats. It offers methods for determining the quality of test items. It also includes procedures for ordering items in a test and item scoring schemes. Series: Evaluation in Education and Human Services. Num Pages: 348 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNKD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 669.
Constructing test items for standardized tests of achievement, ability, and aptitude is a task of enormous importance. The interpretability of a test's scores flows directly from the quality of its items and exercises. Concomitant with score interpretability is the notion that including only carefully crafted items on a test is the primary method by which the skilled test developer reduces unwanted error variance, or errors of measurement, and thereby increases a test score's reliability. The aim of this entire book is to increase the test constructor's awareness of this source of ... Read more
Constructing test items for standardized tests of achievement, ability, and aptitude is a task of enormous importance. The interpretability of a test's scores flows directly from the quality of its items and exercises. Concomitant with score interpretability is the notion that including only carefully crafted items on a test is the primary method by which the skilled test developer reduces unwanted error variance, or errors of measurement, and thereby increases a test score's reliability. The aim of this entire book is to increase the test constructor's awareness of this source of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
Series
Evaluation in Education and Human Services
Number of Pages
339
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792380771
SKU
V9780792380771
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
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