Showing 1 - 3 of 3 Research Library Publications

Awareness of Diagnosis Predicts Changes in Quality of Life in Individuals with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Mild Stage Dementia

Posted: | Shana D. Stites, Jonathan D. Rubright, Kristin Harkins, Jason Karlawish

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry: Volume 38 - Issue 6, e5939

 

This observational study examined how awareness of diagnosis predicted changes in cognition and quality of life (QOL) 1 year later in older adults with normal cognition and dementia diagnoses.

Category:Health Professions

Three Sources of Validation Evidence Needed to Evaluate the Quality of Generated Test Items for Medical Licensure

Posted: | Mark Gierl, Kimberly Swygert, Donna Matovinovic, Allison Kulesher, Hollis Lai

Teaching and Learning in Medicine: Volume 33 - Issue 4 - p 366-381

 

The purpose of this analysis is to describe these sources of evidence that can be used to evaluate the quality of generated items. The important role of medical expertise in the development and evaluation of the generated items is highlighted as a crucial requirement for producing validation evidence.

Category:Assessment-Oriented Research, Other

Automated Item Generation with Recurrent Neural Networks

Posted: | M. von Davier

Psychometrika 83, 847–857 (2018)

 

Utilizing algorithms to generate items in educational and psychological testing is an active area of research for obvious reasons: Test items are predominantly written by humans, in most cases by content experts who represent a limited and potentially costly resource. Using algorithms instead has the appeal to provide an unlimited resource for this crucial part of assessment development.

Category:Assessment-Oriented Research, Applications of Technology