Shelby Haberman, Sandip Sinharay, Richard A Feinberg, Howard Wainer

Subscores

A Practical Guide to Their Production and Consumption

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This authoritative guide directs consumers and users of test scores on when and how to provide subscores and how to make informed decisions based on them. The book is designed to be accessible to practitioners and score users with varying levels of technical expertise, from executives of testing organizations and students who take tests to graduate students in educational measurement, psychometricians, and test developers. The theoretical background required to evaluate subscores and improve them are provided alongside examples of tests with subscores to illustrate their use and misuse. The first chapter covers the history of tests, subtests, scores, and subscores. Later chapters go into subscore reporting, evaluating and improving the quality of subscores, and alternatives to subscores when they are not appropriate. This thorough introduction to the existing research and best practices will be useful to graduate students, researchers, and practitioners.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Februar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9781009413688
• ISBN-10: 1009413686
• Artikelnr.: 69583599

Autorenporträt

Shelby Haberman is a statistician with substantial experience in educational testing. He currently works as an independent consultant. Previously he taught at the University of Chicago, Hebrew University, and Northwestern University and was later employed by the Educational Testing Service. He is a fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, the American Statistical Association, and the American Academy for the Advancement of Science and was the 2019 recipient of the NCME Award for Career Contributions to Educational Measurement. Haberman is the author of 'The Analysis of Frequency Data,' 'Analysis of Qualitative Data,' and 'Advanced Statistics.'

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. How are subscores reported?
3. When and how should subscores be reported?
4. A survey to explore the conditions under which subscores have added value
5. What to do when subscores do not have added value. Augmentation, no subscore reporting, and some other options
6. Coda: Lessons learned, conclusions, and recommendations
Appendix
Glossary
References
Index.