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Peer reviewedFeldt, Leonard S.; Qualls, Audrey L. – Applied Measurement in Education, 1999
Examined the stability of the standard error of measurement and the relationship between the reliability coefficient and the variance of both true scores and error scores for 170 school districts in a state. As expected, reliability coefficients varied as a function of group variability, but the variation in split-half coefficients from school to…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Error of Measurement, Reliability, School Districts
Peer reviewedCharter, Richard A.; Feldt, Leonard S. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2002
Presented is a detailed description of two true score confidence interval approaches, their use, interpretation, and a philosophical conflict that arises in many applied instances. (Contains 27 references.) (Author)
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Psychometrics, Research Methodology, Statistical Analysis
Peer reviewedFeldt, Leonard S.; Spray, Judith A. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 1983
The reliabilities of two types of measurement plans were compared across six hypothetical distributions of true scores or abilities. The measurement plans were: (1) fixed-length, where the number of trials for all examinees is set in advance; and (2) trials-to-criterion, where examinees must keep trying until they complete a given number of trials…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Measurement Techniques
