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Multiple Cutting Scores and Errors of Measurement

Author(s):
Lord, Frederic M.
Publication Year:
1961
Report Number:
RB-61-01
Source:
ETS Research Bulletin
Document Type:
Report
Page Count:
22
Subject/Key Words:
Office of Naval Research, Cutting Scores, Error of Measurement, Mathematical Formulas

Abstract

Arguments for using multiple cutting scores are theoretically inapplicable when the selection measures are fallible. The effect of errors of measurement in altering the shape of some optimum selection regions is here investigated mathematically, with numerical illustrations.

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