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The Projected Impact of the Correction for Guessing on Individual Scores
Author(s) -
Albanese Mark A.
Publication year - 1988
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.1745-3984.1988.tb00299.x
Subject(s) - statistics , standard deviation , test (biology) , psychology , short forms , standard error , item response theory , standard score , mathematics , econometrics , psychometrics , clinical psychology , paleontology , biology
This article presents estimates of the effects of the use of formula scoring on an individual examinee's score. The results of this analysis suggest that under plausible assumptions, using test characteristics derived from several studies, some examinees would increase their scores by one half standard deviation or more if they were to answer items omitted under formula directions