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THE SPLIT LEVEL PROBLEM AS RELATED TO THE TASK OF EVALUATING ITEMS IN THE CLINICAL AREA
Author(s) -
Holley Jasper W.,
Hansson Kjell
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9450
pISSN - 0036-5564
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9450.1969.tb00018.x
Subject(s) - psychology , task (project management) , arithmetic , social psychology , statistics , clinical psychology , cognitive psychology , applied psychology , mathematics , management , economics
H olley , J. W. & H ansson , K. The split level problem as related to the task of evaluating items in the clinical area. Scand.J. Psychol ., 1969, 10, 124–128—It is pointed out that correlational values can be distorted in item evaluation when the proportions of persons in the criterion groups are variant. The use of a ‘K ratio’ is suggested as a possible solution to be applied under restrictive conditions.