A Comparison of a Bayesian and a Maximum Likelihood Tailored Testing Procedure [electronic resource] / Robert L. McKinley and Mark D. Reckase.

A study was conducted to compare tailored testing procedures based on a Bayesian ability estimation technique and on a maximum likelihood ability estimation technique. The Bayesian tailored testing procedure selected items so as to minimize the posterior variance of the ability estimate distribution...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	McKinley, Robert L.
Corporate Author:	University of Missouri--Columbia. Tailored Testing Research Laboratory
Other Authors:	Reckase, Mark
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1981.
Subjects:	Academic Ability. Adaptive Testing. Bayesian Statistics. Comparative Analysis. Higher Education. Latent Trait Theory. Mathematical Models. Maximum Likelihood Statistics. Test Construction. Test Items. Test Length. Test Reliability. Verbal Ability.