psychometrics

Nathan Thompson earned his PhD in Psychometrics from the University of Minnesota, with a focus on computerized adaptive testing. His undergraduate degree was from Luther College with a triple major of Mathematics, Psychology, and Latin. He is primarily interested in the use of AI and software automation to augment and replace the work done by psychometricians, which has provided extensive experience in software design and programming. Dr. Thompson has published over 100 journal articles and conference presentations, but his favorite remains https://scholarworks.umass.edu/pare/vol16/iss1/1/ .
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Desarrollo de pruebasPruebas adaptativasPsicometría

Tres enfoques para la equiparación de TRÍ

Si está entregando pruebas de alto riesgo en formas lineales, o está pilotando un banco para prueba adaptativa computarizada/prueba lineal sobre la marcha, se enfrenta al problema de cómo equiparar las formas entre sí. Es

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CredentialingPsychometricsTest Development

Ebel Method of Standard Setting

The Ebel method of standard setting is a psychometric approach to establish a cutscore for tests consisting of multiple-choice questions. It is usually used for high-stakes examinations in the fields of higher education, medical and health

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EducationTest Development

Speeded Test vs Power Test

The concept of Speeded vs Power Test is one of the ways of differentiating psychometric or educational assessments. In the context of educational measurement and depending on the assessment goals and time constraints, tests are

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Education

Educational Assessment of Mathematics

Educational assessment of Mathematics achievement is a critical aspect of most educational ministries and programs across the world. One might say that all subjects at school are equally important and that would be relatively true.

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Adaptive testingPsychometricsTest Development

Three Approaches for IRT Equating

IRT equating is the process of equating test forms or item pools using item response theory to ensure that scores are comparable no matter what set of items that an examinee sees. If you are

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CredentialingEducationPsychometricsTest Development

What is Item Banking? What are Item Banks?

Item banking refers to the purposeful creation of a database of assessment items to serve as a central repository of all test content, improving efficiency and quality. The term item refers to what many call

item response theory
PsychometricsTest Development

What is classical item facility?

Classical test theory is a century-old paradigm for psychometrics – using quantitative and scientific processes to develop and analyze assessments to improve their quality.  (Nobody likes unfair tests!)  The most basic and frequently used item