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ERIC Number: EJ928378
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 17
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0655
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Test Design and Speededness
van der Linden, Wim J.
Journal of Educational Measurement, v48 n1 p44-60 Spr 2011
A critical component of test speededness is the distribution of the test taker's total time on the test. A simple set of constraints on the item parameters in the lognormal model for response times is derived that can be used to control the distribution when assembling a new test form. As the constraints are linear in the item parameters, they can easily be included in a mixed integer programming model for test assembly. The use of the constraints is demonstrated for the problems of assembling a new test form to be equally speeded as a reference form, test assembly in which the impact of a change in the content specifications on speededness is to be neutralized, and the assembly of test forms with a revised level of speededness.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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