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Tests & Measurements
Utility
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bookmark Method | An IRT-based method of setting cut scores that uses an item book, where items are placed in ascending order of difficulty and with experts making judgments and literally “bookmarking” items that exhibit the optimal level of difficulty for test items |
| Compensatory model of selection | A model of applicant selection based on the assumption that high scores on one attribute can balance out low scores on another attribute |
| Cut Score | a reference point (usually numerical) derived as a result of judgment and used to divide a set of data into two or more classifications, with some action to be taken or some inference to be made on the basis of these classifications |
| Fixed cut score | a reference point in a distribution of test scores used to divide a set of data into two+ classifications that is typically set with reference to a judgment concerning a minimum level of proficiency required to be included in a particular classification |
| Hit Rate | the proportion of people who are accurately identified as possessing or not possessing a particular trait, behavior, characteristic, or attribute based on test scores |
| miss rate | the proportion of ppl a test or procedure fails to identify accurately with respect to the possession of a trait, behavior, characteristic, or attribute; an inaccurate classification; may be subdivided into false positives and false negatives |
| Known Groups Method | a system of collecting data on a predictor of interest from groups known to possess (and not to possess) a trait, attribute, or ability of interest |
| Multiple cut scores | The use of two or more cut scores with reference to one predictor for the purpose of categorizing test takers into more than two groups, or the use of a different cut score for each predictor when using multiple predictors for selection |
| Norm-referenced cut score | reference point in a distribution of test scores used to divide a set of data into two classifications based on norm-related considerations rather than on the relationship of test scores to a criterion |
| Relative cut score | a reference point in a distribution of test scores used to divide a set of data into two classifications based on norm-related considerations rather than on the relationship of test scores to a criterion |
| Top-down selection | It is a process of awarding available positions to applicants whereby the highest scorer is awarded the first position, the next highest scorer the next position, and so forth until all positions are filled |
| Utility analysis | A family of techniques designed to evaluate the costs and benefits of testing and not testing in terms of likely outcomes |
| Test | A measuring device or procedure |
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