THE USE OF A PERSON-FIT STATISTIC WITH ONE HIGH-QUALITY ACHIEVEMENT-TEST

Authors
RUDNER LM BRACEY G SKAGGS G
Citation
Lm. Rudner et al., THE USE OF A PERSON-FIT STATISTIC WITH ONE HIGH-QUALITY ACHIEVEMENT-TEST, Applied measurement in education, 9(1), 1996, pp. 91-109
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Educational","Psychologym Experimental","Education & Educational Research
Journal title
Applied measurement in education → ACNP
ISSN journal
08957347
Volume
9
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
91 - 109
Database
ISI
SICI code
0895-7347(1996)9:1<91:TUOAPS>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
After analyzing data from the 1990 National Assessment of Educational Progress Trial State Assessment, we question whether person-fit statis tics are useful in the analysis and reporting of results from psychome trically strong achievement tests. Using a weighted mean-square person -fit statistic, we examined the distribution of fit across individuals , looked for group and item-type differences, and investigated practic al significance. In each analysis, we found that this person-fit stati stic did not provide any additional information.