Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ649884
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2002
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Alternative Approaches to Standard Setting for Licensing and Certification Examinations.
Chinn, Roberta N.; Hertz, Norman R.
Applied Measurement in Education, v15 n1 p1-14 2002
Compared two Angoff standard-setting methods, percentage, and yes-no, in the work of four groups of judges (n=24) given behavioral descriptors or incidents to use in making ratings. Results indicate that passing scores based on percentage estimates were stable from initial to final ratings, but those based on dichotomous (yes-no) ratings had declining stability from initial to final ratings. (SLD)
Descriptors: Certification, Judges, Licensing Examinations (Professions), Reliability, Standard Setting
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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