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ERIC Number: EJ150885
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1976
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A Computer Program for Item Selection Based on Maximum Internal Consistency
Serlin, Ronald C.; Kaiser, Henry F.
Educational and Psychological Measurement, 36, 3, 757-9, Aut 76
Internal consistency as one rationale for item selection from the unverse of possible test items is discussed and formulae are presented which relate the maximum internal consistency of a test to the largest eigenvalue of the interitem correlation matrix. A computer program to perform these calculations is presented. (Author/JKS)
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Item Sampling, Matrices, Test Construction
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Identifiers: FORTRAN Programing Language; Internal Consistency