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Nielsen, Tine; Kreiner, Svend – Journal of Applied Measurement, 2011
The Revised Danish Learning Styles Inventory (R-D-LSI) (Nielsen 2005), which is an adaptation of Sternberg-Wagner Thinking Styles Inventory (Sternberg, 1997), comprises 14 subscales, each measuring a separate learning style. Of these 14 subscales, 9 are eight items long and 5 are seven items long. For self-assessment, self-scoring and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Foreign Countries, Test Items, Test Construction
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Dawson, Theo Linda – Journal of Applied Measurement, 2002
Compared three developmental stage scoring systems in analyzing judgment interviews with 209 children and adults. Scoring systems were: (1) the Standard Issue Scoring System (A. Colby and L. Kohlberg, 1987); (2) the Good Life Scoring System (C. Armon, 1984); and (3) the Hierarchical Complexity Scoring System (M. Commons and others, 2000).…
Descriptors: Adults, Child Development, Children, Measures (Individuals)
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Myford, Carol M.; Wolfe, Edward W. – Journal of Applied Measurement, 2002
Examined a procedure for identifying and resolving discrepancies in ratings, focusing on the third rater adjudication procedure used in scoring the Test of Spoken English. Results for 1,446 adult examinees demonstrate that implementing a discrepancy resolution procedure is not sufficient in itself for quality control monitoring. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adults, Evaluators, Quality Control, Scoring
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Shermis, Mark D.; Rasmussen, Jeffrey Lee; Rajecki, D. W.; Olson, Jennifer; Marsiglio, Cliford – Journal of Applied Measurement, 2001
Compared scores assigned to college placement essays by a computer program with the evaluations of human readers for just under 1,300 essays. Results show high agreement between computer and human scores, and both human and machine readers tended to give higher scores for analytic and practical themes and lower scores for those involving emotions.…
Descriptors: College Students, Emotional Response, Essay Tests, Evaluators
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Chang, Chih-Hung; Wright, Benjamin D. – Journal of Applied Measurement, 2001
Reexamined the standard scoring structure of the revised Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2) Social Introversion Scale with Rasch measurement using data from 2,600 nonpsychiatric subjects from the restandardization sample. Discusses how to use Rasch measurement to understand and improve personality measurement. (SLD)
Descriptors: Extraversion Introversion, Personality Assessment, Personality Measures, Scoring
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Wang, LihShing; Li, Chun-Shan – Journal of Applied Measurement, 2001
Used Monte Carlo simulation to compare the relative measurement efficiency of polytomous modeling and dichotomous modeling under different scoring schemes and termination criteria. Results suggest that polytomous computerized adaptive testing (CAT) yields marginal gains over dichotomous CAT when termination criteria are more stringent. Discusses…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing, Monte Carlo Methods