Feasibility of Applying Classical Test Theory in Testing Reliability of Student Assessment.
Introduction: Answer to the curiosity of test takers about the appropriateness of their students' scores is the reliability test. Sources of error variance which is one of the elements of reliability test may be random error, specific factor error, transient error and sample error. Keeping in mind t...
| Publicado en: | International Medical Journal Vol. 18; no. 2; pp. 110 - 114 |
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Japan International Cultural Exchange Foundation
Jun2011
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