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COMPROMISE MODELS FOR ESTABLISHING EXAMINATION STANDARDS
Author(s) -
GRUIJTER DATO N. M.
Publication year - 1985
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.1745-3984.1985.tb01063.x
Subject(s) - compromise , cutoff , set (abstract data type) , test (biology) , statistics , computer science , reliability engineering , mathematics , econometrics , engineering , law , paleontology , physics , quantum mechanics , political science , biology , programming language
Cutoff scores based on absolute standards can be unacceptable in terms of the number of failures they produce. Cutoff scores based on relative standards, that is, cutoff scores set to achieve a fixed percentage of failures, can be unacceptable because an acceptable performance level for passed examinees cannot be guaranteed. In some situations one can improve upon an absolute standard using a compromise model, which draws on the information in the observed score distribution for a test to adjust the standard. Three compromise models are described and compared in this article.