Computerized Adaptive Testing: A Primer (Second Edition). Howard Wainer (Ed.) (with Neil Dorans, Donald Eignor, Ronald Flaugher, Bert Green, Robert Mislevy, Lynne Steinberg, and David Thissen). [book review].

Reise, Steven P.

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ERIC Number: EJ638478

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2001

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ISSN: ISSN-0146-6216

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Computerized Adaptive Testing: A Primer (Second Edition). Howard Wainer (Ed.) (with Neil Dorans, Donald Eignor, Ronald Flaugher, Bert Green, Robert Mislevy, Lynne Steinberg, and David Thissen). [book review].

Reise, Steven P.

Applied Psychological Measurement, v25 n3 p307-09 Sep 2001

The second edition of "Computerized Adaptive Testing" contains new materials related to: (1) chapter 2, system design; (2) chapter 4, item response theory, item calibration, and proficiency estimation; and (3) chapter 10, caveats, pitfalls, and unexpected consequences. The book raises critical computerized adaptive testing research and application issues, but is lacking in mathematical details. (SLD)

Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Item Response Theory, Test Construction, Test Items

Publication Type: Book/Product Reviews; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: Special issue titled "Nonparametric Item Response Theory." Reviews "Computerized Adaptive Testing: A Primer (Second Edition), Howard Wainer, Editor. Mahwah New Jersey: Erlbaum, 2000.

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