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ERIC Number: EJ131739
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1975
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Empirical Option Weighting with a Correction for Guessing
Reilly, Richard R.
Educational and Psychological Measurement, 35, 3, 613-19, Aut 75
Because previous reports have suggested that the lowered validity of tests scored with empirical option weights might be explained by a capitalization of the keying procedures on omitting tendencies, a procedure was devised to key options empirically with a "correction-for-guessing" constraint. (Author)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Graduate Study, Guessing (Tests), Scoring Formulas, Test Reliability, Test Validity, Weighted Scores
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Identifiers: Graduate Record Examinations