Linking and aligning scores and scales / Neil J. Dorans, Mary Pommerich, Paul W. Holland (editors) ; foreword by Ida M. Lawrence.
The comparability of measurements made in differing circumstances by different methods and investigators is a fundamental pre-condition for all of science. Successful applications of technology require comparable measurements. While the applications herefocus on educational tests, score linking issu...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
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[2007]
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| Series: | Statistics for social and behavioral sciences.
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| Online Access: | Click here to view this book Springer eBooks Table of contents Publisher description |
| Summary: | The comparability of measurements made in differing circumstances by different methods and investigators is a fundamental pre-condition for all of science. Successful applications of technology require comparable measurements. While the applications herefocus on educational tests, score linking issues are directly applicable to medicine and many branches of behavioral science. Since the 1980s, the fields of educational and psychological measurement have enhanced and widely applied techniques for producing linked scores that are comparable. The interpretation attached to a linkage depends on ho. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xx, 394 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0387497714 9780387497716 |