A Cautionary Note on Estimating the Reliability of a Mastery Test with the Beta-Binomial Model
Wilcox, Rand, R.; Wilcox, Rand, R., University of Southern California
Журнал:
Applied Psychological Measurement
Дата:
1981
Аннотация:
Based on recently published papers, it might be tempting to routinely apply the beta-binomial model to obtain a single administration estimate of the reliability of a mastery test. Using real data, the paper illustrates two practical problems with esti mating reliability in this manner. The first is that the model might give a poor fit to data, which can seriously affect the reliability estimate, and the sec ond is that inadmissible estimates of the param eters in the beta-binomial model might be ob tained. Two possible solutions are described and il lustrated.
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