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Classical test theory

Classical test theory (CTT) is a body of related psychometric theory that predicts outcomes of psychological testing such as the difficulty of items, precision of estimates, or the ability of test-takers. It is a theory of testing based on the idea that a person's observed or obtained score on a test is the sum of a true score (error-free score) and an…

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Evaluating tests and scores: Reliability

Evaluating items: P and item-total correlations

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the difficulty of itemsinstance ofis a body of related psychometric theory that predicts outcomes of psychological testing0.80text
precision of estimatesinstance ofis a body of related psychometric theory that predicts outcomes of psychological testing0.80text
or the ability of test-takersinstance ofis a body of related psychometric theory that predicts outcomes of psychological testing0.80text
Lordinstance ofand described in classic texts0.80text
SPSSinstance ofis included in many standard statistical packages0.80text
SAS.As has been noted aboveinstance ofis included in many standard statistical packages0.80text
the entire exercise of classical test theory is done to arrive at a suitable definition of reliabilityinstance ofis included in many standard statistical packages0.80text
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