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Measuring the Appropriateness of Multiple-Choice Test Scores SAT GREB

Author(s):
Levine, Michael V.; Rubin, Donald B.
Publication Year:
1976
Report Number:
RB-76-31
Source:
ETS Research Bulletin
Document Type:
Report
Page Count:
30
Subject/Key Words:
College Board, Graduate Record Examinations Board, Ability Identification, Aptitude Tests, Psychometrics, Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), Statistical Analysis, Test Bias, Validity Studies

Abstract

A student may be so atypical and unlike other students that his or her aptitude test score fails to be a completely appropriate measure of his or her relative ability. We consider the problem of using the student's pattern of multiple-choice aptitude test answers to decide whether his or her score is an appropriate ability measure. Several indicators of appropriateness are formulated and evaluated with a simulation of the Scholastic Aptitude Test. (30pp.)

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