03864nam 22005894a 450 991078004410332120200520144314.01-280-20018-997866102001840-306-47531-610.1007/0-306-47531-6(CKB)111056486603396(EBL)3035647(SSID)ssj0000128045(PQKBManifestationID)11141144(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000128045(PQKBWorkID)10062928(PQKB)11668905(DE-He213)978-0-306-47531-3(Au-PeEL)EBL3035647(CaPaEBR)ebr10052661(CaONFJC)MIL20018(OCoLC)51844176(MiAaPQ)EBC3035647(EXLCZ)9911105648660339620000524d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrComputerized adaptive testing[electronic resource] theory and practice /edited by Wim J. van der Linden and Cees A. W. Glas1st ed. 2000.Dordrecht ;Boston Kluwer Academicc20001 online resource (336 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7923-6425-2 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Item Selection and Ability Estimation -- Item Selection and Ability Estimation in Adaptive Testing -- Constrained Adaptive Testing with Shadow Tests -- Principles of Multidimensional Adaptive Testing -- Applications in Large-Scale Testing Programs -- The GRE Computer Adaptive Test: Operational Issues -- MATHCAT: A flexible testing system in mathematics education for adults -- Computer-Adaptive Sequential Testing -- Item Pool Development and Maintenance -- Innovative Item Types for Computerized Testing -- Designing Item Pools for Computerized Adaptive Testing -- Methods of Controlling the Exposure of Items in CAT -- Item Calibration and Model Fit -- Item Calibration and Parameter Drift -- Detecting Person Misfit in Adaptive Testing Using Statistical Process Control Techniques -- The Assessment of Differential Item Functioning in Comput Adaptive Tests -- Testlet-Based Adaptive Testing -- Testlet Response Theory: An Analog for the 3PL Model Useful in Testlet-Based Adaptive Testing -- MML and EAP Estimation in Testlet-based Adaptive Testing -- Testlet-Based Adaptive Mastery Testing.Modern computer technology has opened up several new possibilities for optimizing the administration of educational and psychological tests. In computer adaptive testing (CAT), tests are automatically tailored to the proficiency level of the individual examinees. Currently, nearly all large-scale testing programs in the western world are already adaptive or in the process of becoming so. Written by active CAT researchers from Europe and North America, the chapters offer a comprehensive introduction to the latest developments in the theory and practice of CAT. The book can be used both as a basic reference on the state of the art in CAT and a valuable resource in graduate courses on test theory. The theoretical chapters in this book cover such topics as item selection and ability estimation, item pool development and maintenance, item calibration and model fit, and testlet-based adaptive testing. The practical chapters describe the operational aspects of existing large-scale CAT programs.Computer adaptive testingComputer adaptive testing.371.26/0285Linden Wim J. van der252847Glas Cees A. W1569437MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780044103321Computerized adaptive testing3842360UNINA04274oam 2200637I 450 991016281730332120240505190916.01-315-45553-61-315-45552-81-315-45551-X10.4324/9781315455532 (CKB)3710000001033147(MiAaPQ)EBC4790157(OCoLC)970042061(BIP)56671288(BIP)56671273(EXLCZ)99371000000103314720180706d2017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe authoritarian public sphere legitimation and autocratic power in North Korea, Burma, and China /Alexander Dukalskis1st ed.Abingdon, Oxon ;New York, N.Y. :Routledge,2017.1 online resource (188 pages) illustrations, tablesRoutledge Studies on Comparative Asian Politics1-138-21035-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Introduction : legitimation and authoritarianism -- 2. The authoritarian public sphere : 'we always had complaints but only in our minds' -- 3. Authoritarian power and legitimating messages : a framework for analysis -- 4. Manipulating the public sphere in North Korea, Burma/Myanmar, and China -- 5. Unsettling an authoritarian public sphere? Shadow markets, independent journalism, and the Internet -- 6. Beyond post-Cold War Asia : explorations in the authoritarian public sphere -- 7. Conclusion : the authoritarian public sphere and contemporary autocracies.Authoritarian regimes craft and disseminate reasons, stories, and explanations for why they are entitled to rule. To shield those legitimating messages from criticism, authoritarian regimes also censor information that they find threatening. While committed opponents of the regime may be violently repressed, this book is about how the authoritarian state keeps the majority of its people quiescent by manipulating the ways in which they talk and think about political processes, the authorities, and political alternatives. Using North Korea, Burma (Myanmar) and China as case studies, this book explains how the authoritarian public sphere shapes political discourse in each context. It also examines three domains of potential subversion of legitimating messages: the shadow markets of North Korea, networks of independent journalists in Burma, and the online sphere in China. In addition to making a theoretical contribution to the study of authoritarianism, the book draws upon unique empirical data from fieldwork conducted in the region, including interviews with North Korean defectors in South Korea, Burmese exiles in Thailand, and Burmese in Myanmar who stayed in the country during the military government. When analyzed alongside state-produced media, speeches, and legislation, the material provides a rich understanding of how autocratic legitimation influences everyday discussions about politics in the authoritarian public sphere. Explaining how autocracies manipulate the ways in which their citizens talk and think about politics, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of Asian politics, comparative politics and authoritarian regimes.AuthoritarianismKorea (North)AuthoritarianismBurmaAuthoritarianismChinaPolitical participationKorea (North)Political participationBurmaPolitical participationChinaKorea (North)Politics and government2011-BurmaPolitics and government1988-ChinaPolitics and government2002-AuthoritarianismAuthoritarianismAuthoritarianismPolitical participationPolitical participationPolitical participation320.53095Dukalskis Alexander.866861MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910162817303321The authoritarian public sphere1935022UNINA