Author | Parshall, Cynthia G. author |
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Title | Practical Considerations in Computer-Based Testing [electronic resource] / by Cynthia G. Parshall, Judith A. Spray, John C. Kalohn, Tim Davey |
Imprint | New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2002 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0083-0 |
Descript | XI, 222 p. 9 illus. online resource |
Considerations in Computer-Based Testing -- Issues in Test Administration and Development -- Examinee Issues -- Software Issues -- Issues in Innovative Item Types -- Test Delivery Methods -- Organization of the Book -- Issues in Test Administration and Development -- Test Administration Issues -- Test Development Issues -- Summary -- References -- Additional Readings -- Examinee Issues -- Overall Reactions -- Reactions to Adaptive Delivery Methods -- Impact of Prior Computer Experience -- Effects of the User Interface -- Effects of Task Constraints -- Effects of the Administrative Process -- Examineesโ Mental Models -- Summary -- References -- Additional Readings -- Software Issues -- User Interfaces -- Usability Studies -- Software Evaluation -- Design of the User Interface -- Web-Based Tests -- Quality Control -- Summary -- References -- Additional Readings -- Issues in Innovative Item Types -- Purpose -- Dimensions of Innovation -- Task Complexity -- Summary -- References -- Additional Readings -- Computerized Fixed Tests -- Overview of the CFT Method -- Test Procedures -- Measurement Characteristics -- Practical Characteristics -- Summary -- An Example of the CFT Method -- References -- Automated Test Assembly for Online Administration -- Overview of the ATA Method -- Test Procedures -- Measurement Characteristics -- Practical Characteristics -- Summary -- An Example of the ATA Method -- 7 Appendix -- References -- Computerized Adaptive Tests -- Overview of the CAT Method -- Test Procedures -- Measurement Characteristics -- Practical Characteristics -- Summary -- An Example of the CAT Method -- References -- Computerized Classification Tests -- Overview of the CCT Method -- Test Procedures -- Measurement Characteristics -- Practical Characteristics -- Summary -- An Example of the CCT Method -- References -- Item Pool Evaluation -- Item Pool Maintenance -- Summary -- References -- Comparison of the Test-Delivery Methods -- Overview -- Summary of Test-Delivery Methods -- Test Procedures -- Measurement Characteristics -- Practical Characteristics -- Other Considerations -- Summary -- References -- Appendix Basics of Item Response Theory -- Item Response Functions -- Item Information and Test Information -- Model Assumptions -- Summary -- References