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ERIC Number: EJ455208
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0163-2787
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Confidence in Pass/Fail Decisions for Computer Adaptive and Paper and Pencil Examinations.
Bergstrom, Betty A.; Lunz, Mary E.
Evaluation and the Health Professions, v15 n4 p453-64 Dec 1992
The level of confidence in pass/fail decisions obtained with computerized adaptive tests and paper-and-pencil tests was greater for 645 medical technology students when the computer adaptive test implemented a 90 percent confidence stopping rule than for paper-and-pencil tests of comparable length. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Comparative Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Confidence Testing, Decision Making, Error of Measurement, Estimation (Mathematics), Medical Technologists, Pass Fail Grading, Test Format
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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