Bayesian and Empirical Bayes Approaches to Setting Passing Scores on Mastery Tests. Publication Series in Mastery Testing [electronic resource] / Huynh Huynh and Joseph C. Saunders, III.

The Bayesian approach to setting passing scores, as proposed by Swaminathan, Hambleton, and Algina, is compared with the empirical Bayes approach to the same problem that is derived from Huynh's decision-theoretic framework. Comparisons are based on simulated data which follow an approximate be...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Huynh, Huynh
Corporate Author:	South Carolina Univ., Columbia. School of Education
Other Authors:	Saunders, Joseph C., III
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1979.
Subjects:	Bayesian Statistics. Cutting Scores. Grade 3. Mastery Tests. Minimum Competency Testing. Primary Education. Scoring Formulas. Test Length. True Scores.