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THE ISSUE OF ITEM AND TEST VARIANCE FOR CRITERION‐REFERENCED TESTS: A CLARIFICATION
Author(s) -
MILLMAN JASON,
POPHAM W. JAMES
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
journal of educational measurement
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.917
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1745-3984
pISSN - 0022-0655
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-3984.1974.tb00984.x
Subject(s) - test (biology) , criterion referenced test , short forms , variance (accounting) , statistics , psychology , item response theory , item analysis , criterion validity , mathematics , econometrics , psychometrics , standardized test , clinical psychology , construct validity , paleontology , accounting , business , biology
This note contends that item or score variability is an unnecessary characteristic of criterion‐referenced tests as they have been traditionally conceived, namely, as measures of well defined classes of examinee behaviors.