AN APPLICATION OF TECHNIQUES TO SHORTEN TESTS AND INCREASE VALIDITY.

Two methods of item selection against an external criterion were used to build two short tests for selecting programming and computer maintenance students. The methods were: (a) sequential accretion of items so that at each iteration the item selected is the one leading to the largest increase in th...

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Published in:	Journal of Applied Psychology Vol. 57; no. 1; pp. 90 - 93
Main Author:	Possum, John A.
Format:	Article
Published:	American Psychological Association Feb73
Subjects:	Educational tests & measurements Test validity Test interpretation Academic achievement Ability testing College students Computer programming Mathematical analysis Computer science
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