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van der Linden, Wim J. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2009
An adaptive testing method is presented that controls the speededness of a test using predictions of the test takers' response times on the candidate items in the pool. Two different types of predictions are investigated: posterior predictions given the actual response times on the items already administered and posterior predictions that use the…
Descriptors: Simulation, Adaptive Testing, Vocational Aptitude, Bayesian Statistics
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Quenette, Mary A.; Nicewander, W. Alan; Thomasson, Gary L. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2006
Model-based equating was compared to empirical equating of an Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) test form. The model-based equating was done using item pretest data to derive item response theory (IRT) item parameter estimates for those items that were retained in the final version of the test. The analysis of an ASVAB test form…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Multiple Choice Tests, Test Items, Computation
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Cory, Charles H. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1977
This article presents predictive validity data for on-job performance for a set of computerized Graphic and Interactive Processing (GRIP) tests in conjunction with data for both experimental paper-and-pencil and operational tests. Validity coefficients for job element and global criteria are reported for four different jobs. (See also EJ 161 400).…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Ability, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Graphics