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ERIC Number: EJ322934
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1985
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The Importance of Content Representation for Common-Item Equating with Nonrandom Groups.
Klein, Lawrence W.; Jarjoura, David
Journal of Educational Measurement, v22 n3 p197-206 Fall 1985
The test equating accuracy of content-representative anchors (subsets of items in common) versus nonrepresentative, but substantially longer, anchors was compared for a professional certification examination. Through a chain of equatings, it was found that content representation in anchors was critical. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Adults, Equated Scores, Higher Education, Item Banks, Occupational Tests, Professional Occupations, Test Construction, Test Items, Testing Problems
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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