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The Analysis Of Partial Credit Scoring, Geoff Masters
The Analysis Of Partial Credit Scoring, Geoff Masters
Prof Geoff Masters AO
This article discusses a range of issues in the practical application of an item response theory (IRT) method for partial credit scoring. After a brief discussion of partial credit scoring as an alternative to right-wrong scoring in the measurment of educational achievement, an IRT model for partial credit analysis is developed and described. This model is presented as a straightforward and logical application of Rasch's dichotomous model to a sequence of ordered response alternatives. The distinctive nature of the item parameters in the model is described and these parameters are contrasted with two more familiar sets of parameters: Thurstone thresholds …
Some Guidelines For Assessing The Size Of Lack-Of-Marketability Discounts, Thomas Berry, Don Shannon
Some Guidelines For Assessing The Size Of Lack-Of-Marketability Discounts, Thomas Berry, Don Shannon
Thomas D Berry
No abstract provided.
Item Discrimination: When More Is Worse, Geoff Masters
Item Discrimination: When More Is Worse, Geoff Masters
Prof Geoff Masters AO
High item discrimination can be a symptom of a special kind of measurement disturbance introduced by an item that gives persons of high ability a special advantage over and above their higher abilities. This type of disturbance, which can be interpreted as a form of item bias, can be encouraged by methods that routinely interpret highly discriminating items as the best items on a test and may be compounded by procedures that weight items by their discrimination. The type of measurement disturbance described and illustrated in this paper occurs when an item is sensitive to individual differences on a second, …
Projecting Enrollments In Graduate Schools : A Comparison Of Methods, Sheldon Rothman
Projecting Enrollments In Graduate Schools : A Comparison Of Methods, Sheldon Rothman
Dr Sheldon Rothman
No abstract provided.
Educational Measurement: Prospects For Research And Innovation, Geoff Masters
Educational Measurement: Prospects For Research And Innovation, Geoff Masters
Prof Geoff Masters AO
No abstract provided.
Developing An Understanding Of Teaching Mathematics: Working With People, Ray Peck
Developing An Understanding Of Teaching Mathematics: Working With People, Ray Peck
Ray Peck
No abstract provided.
Tertiary Entrance In Queensland: A Review, Gabrielle Matters
Tertiary Entrance In Queensland: A Review, Gabrielle Matters
Dr Gabrielle Matters
253p. Report of the Working Party on Tertiary Entrance, established by the Minister's Joint Advisory Committee on Post-Secondary Education and the Board of Secondary School Studies at the request of the Queensland Minister for Education. Chair: J Pitman. [ISBN: 072422677X]
Assessment At Fairhills High School: A Case Study Of The Process Of Change, Marilyn Huber, Elizabeth Hartnell-Young
Assessment At Fairhills High School: A Case Study Of The Process Of Change, Marilyn Huber, Elizabeth Hartnell-Young
Dr Elizabeth Hartnell-Young
Like many schools Fairhills High School uses reports to parents which indicate achievement grades as well as providing a written comment. In 184 discussions began in the English faculty about ways of improving report-writing. Teachers wrote discussion papers and awareness was raised. This was one step on the road to change.
The Leverage Problem In The Valuation Of Privately Held Firms, Thomas D. Berry, John Houston
The Leverage Problem In The Valuation Of Privately Held Firms, Thomas D. Berry, John Houston
Thomas D Berry
No abstract provided.
School Evaluation In Australia, Phil Mckenzie
School Evaluation In Australia, Phil Mckenzie
Dr Phillip McKenzie
No abstract provided.
The Evaluation Of The Priority Schools Programme In Western Australian Primary Schools: A Case Study, Phil Mckenzie
The Evaluation Of The Priority Schools Programme In Western Australian Primary Schools: A Case Study, Phil Mckenzie
Dr Phillip McKenzie
No abstract provided.
The Construction Of Tertiary Entrance Scores: Principles And Issues, D Beswick, Geoff Masters
The Construction Of Tertiary Entrance Scores: Principles And Issues, D Beswick, Geoff Masters
Prof Geoff Masters AO
No abstract provided.
Staffing And Schools: Selected Readings, Phil Mckenzie
Staffing And Schools: Selected Readings, Phil Mckenzie
Dr Phillip McKenzie
Teachers are the most important resource in the educational process. It is not surprising, therefore, that issues related to staffing schools are of perennial concern. However, the focus of this concern has shifted over time. Some 20 years ago the major issues in staffing were essentially quantitative in nature and concerned with recruiting sufficient teachers to be placed in classrooms. Although teacher numbers are still important, over the past few years there has been increasing interest in some of the more qualitative dimensions of staffing. How can the needs of individual schools be met through staffing allocations? What role should …
A Sense Of Direction In Criterion-Referenced Assessment, Geoff Masters, John Evans
A Sense Of Direction In Criterion-Referenced Assessment, Geoff Masters, John Evans
Prof Geoff Masters AO
This paper describes some experimental work undertaken by the authors with teachers in a number of Australian schools to provide criterion-referenced assessments of student achievement. In these investigations we work closely with individual teachers using assessment materials developed within each school. We analyze students' performances on these materials, provide teachers with computergenerated reports, and assist teachers to use these reports to monitor the progress of their students and to diagnose individual strengths and weaknesses.
A First Step In Negotiating The Mathematics Curriculum, D Irving, Ray Peck
A First Step In Negotiating The Mathematics Curriculum, D Irving, Ray Peck
Ray Peck
No abstract provided.
A Survey Of Introductory Financial Managment Courses, Thomas Berry, Edward Farragher
A Survey Of Introductory Financial Managment Courses, Thomas Berry, Edward Farragher
Thomas D Berry
No abstract provided.
Banking Non-Dichotomously Scored Items, Geoff Masters, John Evans
Banking Non-Dichotomously Scored Items, Geoff Masters, John Evans
Prof Geoff Masters AO
A method for constructing a bank of items scored in two or more ordered response categories is described and illustrated. This method enables multistep problems, rating scale items, question 'clusters', and other items using partial credit scoring to be calibrated and incorporated into an item bank, and it provides a mechanism for computer adaptive testing with items of this type. Procedures are described for calibrating an initial set of items, for testing the fit of items to the underlying measurement model, and for linking new items to an existing item bank. The method is illustrated using items from the Watson-Glaser …
Affirmative Action: A Case Study, Elizabeth Hartnell-Young
Affirmative Action: A Case Study, Elizabeth Hartnell-Young
Dr Elizabeth Hartnell-Young
This paper explores what is a timely and overdue issue in educational administration: women's access to positions of responibility. Through a case study the author provides us with some insights on how the issues were played out in one school.
Principally For Principals: Resource Allocation And Government Schools In Australia And New Zealand, John Keeves, Phil Mckenzie
Principally For Principals: Resource Allocation And Government Schools In Australia And New Zealand, John Keeves, Phil Mckenzie
Dr Phillip McKenzie
No abstract provided.
The Economics Of Secondary Colleges, Phil Mckenzie
The Economics Of Secondary Colleges, Phil Mckenzie
Dr Phillip McKenzie
Postcompulsory colleges: a group of papers. Review paper n.16.
Common Person Equating With The Rasch Model, Geoff Masters
Common Person Equating With The Rasch Model, Geoff Masters
Prof Geoff Masters AO
Two procedures, one based on item difficulties, the other based on person abilities, were used to equate 14 forms of a reading comprehension test using the Rasch model. These forms had no items in common. For practical purposes, the two procedures produced equivalent results. An advantage of common person equating for testing the unidimensionality assumption is pointed out, and the need for caution in interpreting tests of common item invariance is stressed.
Postcompulsory Schooling : Some Issues Affecting Educational Expenditure In Victoria, Phil Mckenzie, Gerald Burke
Postcompulsory Schooling : Some Issues Affecting Educational Expenditure In Victoria, Phil Mckenzie, Gerald Burke
Dr Phillip McKenzie
No abstract provided.
A Comparison Of Latent Trait And Latent Class Analyses Of Likert-Type Data, Geoff Masters
A Comparison Of Latent Trait And Latent Class Analyses Of Likert-Type Data, Geoff Masters
Prof Geoff Masters AO
This paper brings together and compares two developments in the analysis of Likert attitude scales. The first is the generalization of latent class models to ordered response categories. The second is the introduction of latent trait models with multiplicative parameter structures for the analysis of rating scales. Key similarities and differences between these two methods are described and illustrated by applying a latent trait model and a latent class model to the analysis of a set of 'life satisfaction' data. The way in which the latent trait model defines a unit of measurement, takes into account the order of the …
The Relationship Of Corporate Policy Decisions And Financial Leverage: An Empirical Analysis, Thomas Berry, John Houston
The Relationship Of Corporate Policy Decisions And Financial Leverage: An Empirical Analysis, Thomas Berry, John Houston
Thomas D Berry
No abstract provided.
Education, Barry Mcgaw, Phil Mckenzie
The Impact Of Federal Tax Changes Of The Cost Of Debt For State And Local Governments, Thomas Berry, Edward Farragher
The Impact Of Federal Tax Changes Of The Cost Of Debt For State And Local Governments, Thomas Berry, Edward Farragher
Thomas D Berry
No abstract provided.
Fnma Mortgage Commitments As Put Options: An Empirical Examination, Thomas Berry, Adam Gehr
Fnma Mortgage Commitments As Put Options: An Empirical Examination, Thomas Berry, Adam Gehr
Thomas D Berry
The Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) auctions commitments to purchase mortgages. An examination of the terms of the commitment contract shows that these commitments are actually put options on mortgages. The contract is unusual, however, in that the price of the commitment is a fixed percentage of the value of the mortgages. In the auction, the dealers effectively bid the exercise price at which they would be willing to pay the fixed commitment price. In this paper, we study the economics of the FNMA auction. We use a two-state approximation to the American put pricing model for interest-dependent securities to …
State Variation In The Targeted Jobs Tax Credit Program, Thomas Berry, Julie Lane
State Variation In The Targeted Jobs Tax Credit Program, Thomas Berry, Julie Lane
Thomas D Berry
No abstract provided.
The Essential Process In A Family Of Measurement Models, Geoff Masters, Benjamin Wright
The Essential Process In A Family Of Measurement Models, Geoff Masters, Benjamin Wright
Prof Geoff Masters AO
Five members of the Rasch family of latent trait models which have appeared more or less independently in the literature are brought together and identified as one model. In addition to sharing the distinguishing characteristic of the dichotomous Rasch model separable person and item parameters and hence sufficient statistics all five models share a common algebraic form and have as their basic element the fundamental process defined by Rasch's simple logistic expression. In these models, the sufficient statistics for person and item parameters are counts of events constructed to be indicative of the variable being measured, and the measures they …
The Costs Of Recurrent Education, Phil Mckenzie
The Costs Of Recurrent Education, Phil Mckenzie
Dr Phillip McKenzie
This paper addresses the subject of the likely costs of a particular form of recurrent education in the context of prospective movements in expenditure on conventional school and tertiary education activities. Data on projected enrolments and likely per student expenditure levels in these sectors lead to the conclusion that expenditure on school and tertiary education is likely to decline as a proportion of gross domestic product (GDP) over the next decade. The magnitude of this prospective decline is compared with the likely costs of a scheme which would enable significant numbers of workforce members to engage in recurrent periods of …