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Andrich, David – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2016
Since Cronbach's (1951) elaboration of a from its introduction by Guttman (1945), this coefficient has become ubiquitous in characterizing assessment instruments in education, psychology, and other social sciences. Also ubiquitous are caveats on the calculation and interpretation of this coefficient. This article summarizes a recent contribution…
Descriptors: Computation, Correlation, Test Theory, Measures (Individuals)
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Andrich, David; Humphry, Stephen M.; Marais, Ida – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2012
Models of modern test theory imply statistical independence among responses, generally referred to as "local independence." One violation of local independence occurs when the response to one item governs the response to a subsequent item. Expanding on a formulation of this kind of violation as a process in the dichotomous Rasch model,…
Descriptors: Test Theory, Models, Item Response Theory, Evidence
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Andrich, David; Kreiner, Svend – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2010
Models of modern test theory imply statistical independence among responses, generally referred to as "local independence." One violation of local independence occurs when the response to one item governs the response to a subsequent item. Expanding on a formulation of this kind of violation as a process in the dichotomous Rasch model,…
Descriptors: Test Theory, Item Response Theory, Test Items, Correlation