Applications of Item Response Theory To Practical Testing Problems

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Preface	p. xi
References	p. xiii
Introduction To Item Response Theory	p. 1
Classical Test Theory-- Summary and Perspective	p. 3
References	p. 10
Item Response Theory-- Introduction and Preview	p. 11
Relation of Item Response Theory to Conventional Item Analysis	p. 27
Test Scores and Ability Estimates as Functions of Item Parameters	p. 44
References	p. 64
Information Functions and Optimal Scoring Weights	p. 65
References	p. 80
Applications Of Item Response Theory	p. 81
The Relative Efficiency of Two Tests	p. 83
Optimal Number of Choices Per Item1	p. 106
Flexilevel Tests	p. 114
Two-Stage Procedures and Multilevel Tests	p. 128
References	p. 148
Tailored Testing	p. 150
Mastery Testing	p. 162
Practical Problems And Further Applications	p. 177
Estimating Ability and Item Parameters	p. 179
References	p. 191
Equating	p. 193
References	p. 211
Study of Item Bias	p. 212
Appendix	p. 224
Omitted Responses and Formula Scoring	p. 225
Estimating True-Score Distributions	p. 233
Estimating True-Score Distributions	p. 235
Estimated True-Score Distributions for Two Tests	p. 254
Answers to Exercises	p. 265
Author Index	p. 267
Subject Index	p. 271
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