Optimizing Classification Decisions for Paper-and-Pencil and Computer Adaptive Tests

Throughout the social sciences, tests have been used for two primary - and different - purposes: a) to estimate where an examinee is located on an ability/trait continuum (e.g., intelligence tests), or b) to classify an examinee as either above or below a particular point on the ability continuum (e...

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Main Author: Thomas, Leslie A.
Other Authors: Psychology
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/40522
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-82397-11367/