ERIC Number: ED095223
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1973-Oct
Pages: 20
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A Program for Estimating the Relative Efficiency of Tests at Various Ability Levels, for Equating True Scores, and for Predicting Bivariate Distributions of Observed Scores.
Stocking, Martha; And Others
For two tests measuring the same trait, the program, BIV20, equates the scores using the two True score distributions estimated by the univariate method 20 program (see Wingersky, Lees, Lennon, and Lord, 1969) and, with these equated true scores and their distributions, estimates the bivariate distribution scores and the relative efficiency of the two tests at various ability levels. The method is described and formulas given in the appendix. If desired, this estimated distribution is compared to an actual bivariate observed-score distribution provided by the user, and a chi-square between the estimated and actual distributions is computed. The program is written in Fortran IV for the IBM 360/65. Its only restriction is that the maximum number of items for each test is 50. (Author/RC)
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Sponsor: National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ.
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