LEADER 05063nam 22006615 450 001 9910300152503321 005 20200703151713.0 010 $a1-4939-0317-9 024 7 $a10.1007/978-1-4939-0317-7 035 $a(CKB)2550000001197613 035 $a(EBL)1636450 035 $a(OCoLC)873137715 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001169357 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11769214 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001169357 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11153033 035 $a(PQKB)10962138 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1636450 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-4939-0317-7 035 $a(PPN)176101861 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001197613 100 $a20140113d2014 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTest Equating, Scaling, and Linking $eMethods and Practices /$fby Michael J. Kolen, Robert L. Brennan 205 $a3rd ed. 2014. 210 1$aNew York, NY :$cSpringer New York :$cImprint: Springer,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (582 p.) 225 1 $aStatistics for Social and Behavioral Sciences,$x2199-7357 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4939-0316-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $aIntroduction and Concepts -- Observed Score Equating Using the Random Groups Design -- Random Groups Smoothing in Equipercentile Equating -- Nonequivalent Groups Linear Methods -- Nonequivalent Groups Equipercentile Methods -- Item Response Theory Methods -- Standard Errors of Equating -- Practical Issues in Equating -- Score Scales -- Linking -- Appendices -- Answers to Exercises -- Computer Programs -- Index. 330 $aThis book provides an introduction to test equating, scaling, and linking, including those concepts and practical issues that are critical for developers and all other testing professionals.  In addition to statistical procedures, successful equating, scaling, and linking involves many aspects of testing, including procedures to develop tests, to administer and score tests, and to interpret scores earned on tests. Test equating methods are used with many standardized tests in education and psychology to ensure that scores from multiple test forms can be used interchangeably.  Test scaling is the process of developing score scales that are used when scores on standardized tests are reported. In test linking, scores from two or more tests are related to one another. Linking has received much recent attention, due largely to investigations of linking similarly named tests from different test publishers or tests constructed for different purposes. In recent years, researchers from the education, psychology, and statistics communities have contributed to the rapidly growing statistical and psychometric methodologies used in test equating, scaling, and linking. In addition to the literature covered in previous editions, this new edition presents coverage of significant recent research. In order to assist researchers, advanced graduate students and testing professionals, examples are used frequently, and conceptual issues are stressed. New material includes model determination in log-linear smoothing, in-depth presentation of chained linear and equipercentile equating, equating criteria, test scoring, and a new section on scores for mixed-format tests. In the third edition, each chapter contains a reference list, rather than having a single reference list at the end of the volume  The themes of the third edition include: * the purposes of equating, scaling and linking and their practical context * data collection designs * statistical methodology * designing reasonable and useful equating, scaling, and linking studies * importance of test development and quality control processes to equating * equating error, and the underlying statistical assumptions for equating. 410 0$aStatistics for Social and Behavioral Sciences,$x2199-7357 606 $aStatistics  606 $aAssessment 606 $aPsychometrics 606 $aStatistics for Social Sciences, Humanities, Law$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/S17040 606 $aAssessment, Testing and Evaluation$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/O33000 606 $aPsychometrics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Y43000 615 0$aStatistics . 615 0$aAssessment. 615 0$aPsychometrics. 615 14$aStatistics for Social Sciences, Humanities, Law. 615 24$aAssessment, Testing and Evaluation. 615 24$aPsychometrics. 676 $a150.15195 676 $a371.27 700 $aKolen$b Michael J$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0721698 702 $aBrennan$b Robert L$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910300152503321 996 $aTest Equating, Scaling, and Linking$92522506 997 $aUNINA