Application of an automated item selection method to real data

Stocking, Martha L.
Swanson, Len
Pearlman, Mari
1993
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Application of an automated item selection method to real data

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A method of automatically selecting items for inclusion in a test that has constraints on item content and statistical properties was applied to real data. Two tests were assembled by test specialists who assemble such tests on a routine basis. Using the same pool of items and the same constraints, the two tests were reassembled automatically. Test specialists not involved in the original manual assembly compared the tests constructed manually to the tests constructed automatically. The results indicated that the progress of automated test assembly methods lies in improving item banking systems, classification schemes, and quality control measures, rather than in the development of different algorithms or in the improvement of computer time and cost. Index terms: heuristic algorithms, mathematical programming, test assembly, test construction, test design.

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Stocking, Martha L, Swanson, Len & Pearlman, Mari. (1993). Application of an automated item selection method to real data. Applied Psychological Measurement, 17, 167-176. doi:10.1177/014662169301700206

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