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Statistical Models for Test Equating, Scaling, and Linking

Alina A. von Davier

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Overview.- A Statistical Perspective on Equating Test Scores .- Part I: Research Questions and Data Collection Designs.- Equating Test Scores: Toward Best Practices Neil J. Dorans, Tim P. Moses, and Daniel R. Eignor).- Scoring and Scaling Educational Tests Michael J. Kolen, Ye Tong, and Robert L. Brennan).- Statistical Models for Vertical Linking James E. Carlson).- An Empirical Example of Change Analysis by Linking Longitudinal Item Response Data From Multiple Tests .- How to Average Equating Functions, If You Must .- New Approaches to Equating With Small Samples .- Part II: Measurement and Equating Models.- Using Exponential Families for Equating .- An Alternative Continuization Method: The Continuized Log-Linear Method .- Equating Through Alternative Kernels .- A Bayesian Nonparametric Model for Test Equating .- Generalized Equating Functions for NEAT Designs .- Local Observed-Score Equating .- A General Model for IRT Scale Linking and Scale Transformations .- Linking With Nonparametric IRT Models .- Part III: Evaluation.- Applications of Asymptotic Expansion in Item Response Theory Linking .- Evaluating the Missing Data Assumptions of the Chain and Poststratification Equating Methods .- Robustness of IRT Observed-Score Equating .- Hypothesis Testing of Equating Differences in the Kernel Equating Framework .- Applying Time-Series Analysis to Detect Scale Drift .

Language: English

Pages: 368

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Springer

Release: October 28, 2010

ISBN: 0387981373

ISBN 13: 9780387981376

Statistical Models for Test Equating, Scaling, and Linking

Alina A. von Davier

4/5 ( ratings)

Overview.- A Statistical Perspective on Equating Test Scores .- Part I: Research Questions and Data Collection Designs.- Equating Test Scores: Toward Best Practices Neil J. Dorans, Tim P. Moses, and Daniel R. Eignor).- Scoring and Scaling Educational Tests Michael J. Kolen, Ye Tong, and Robert L. Brennan).- Statistical Models for Vertical Linking James E. Carlson).- An Empirical Example of Change Analysis by Linking Longitudinal Item Response Data From Multiple Tests .- How to Average Equating Functions, If You Must .- New Approaches to Equating With Small Samples .- Part II: Measurement and Equating Models.- Using Exponential Families for Equating .- An Alternative Continuization Method: The Continuized Log-Linear Method .- Equating Through Alternative Kernels .- A Bayesian Nonparametric Model for Test Equating .- Generalized Equating Functions for NEAT Designs .- Local Observed-Score Equating .- A General Model for IRT Scale Linking and Scale Transformations .- Linking With Nonparametric IRT Models .- Part III: Evaluation.- Applications of Asymptotic Expansion in Item Response Theory Linking .- Evaluating the Missing Data Assumptions of the Chain and Poststratification Equating Methods .- Robustness of IRT Observed-Score Equating .- Hypothesis Testing of Equating Differences in the Kernel Equating Framework .- Applying Time-Series Analysis to Detect Scale Drift .

Language: English

Pages: 368

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Springer

Release: October 28, 2010

ISBN: 0387981373

ISBN 13: 9780387981376

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