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Download full textWainer, Howard – 1994
This study examined the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) through the use of testlet methods to model its inherent, locally dependent structure. Precision, measured by reliability, and fairness, measured by the comparability of performance across all identified subgroups of examinees, were the focus of the study. The polytomous item response theory…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Item Response Theory, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests
