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Direct linkSengül Avsar, Asiye – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2020
In order to reach valid and reliable test scores, various test theories have been developed, and one of them is nonparametric item response theory (NIRT). Mokken Models are the most widely known NIRT models which are useful for small samples and short tests. Mokken Package is useful for Mokken Scale Analysis. An important issue about validity is…
Descriptors: Response Style (Tests), Nonparametric Statistics, Item Response Theory, Test Validity
Wise, Vicki L.; Barham, Mary Ann – About Campus, 2012
The August 16, 2011, "Chronicle of Higher Education" article "Want Data? Ask Students. Again and Again" by Sara Lipka posits that in higher education there is a culture of oversurveying students and too often relying on surveys as the main, or only, way of assessing the impact of programs and services on student satisfaction and learning. Because…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Research Methodology, Test Validity, Response Style (Tests)
Berk, Ronald A. – Journal of Faculty Development, 2010
Most faculty developers have a wide variety of rating scales that fly across their desk tops as their incremental program activities unfold during the academic year. The primary issue for this column is: What is the quality of those ratings used for decisions about people and programs? When students, faculty, and administrators rate a program or…
Descriptors: Response Style (Tests), Rating Scales, Faculty Development, Bias
