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Measurement Characteristics of the MAA Math Placement Tests.

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Melancon, Janet G.; Thompson, Bruce – 1990

This paper presents analyses of score reliability for a mathematics placement test developed by the Mathematical Association of America in 1984 for use with undergraduate college students. Subjects included all 589 students seeking admission to the college mathematics curricula at a private university in the South during the course of the study.…

Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, College Mathematics, Higher Education, Item Analysis

Local Norms and Test Characteristics for Selected Forms of the M.A.A. Placement Test.

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Melancon, Janet G.; Thompson, Bruce – 1988

The psychometric integrity of selected items from the Mathematics Association of America (MAA) placement tests for college students was investigated. Two alternative and parallel versions of the test were developed (Form A and Form B) for this study. Data for 539 students seeking admission into an undergraduate mathematics curriculum at a private…

Descriptors: Algebra, Arithmetic, College Entrance Examinations, College Students