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Posted: January 24, 2018 | J. D. Rubright

Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 37: 40-45

 

This simulation study demonstrates that the strength of item dependencies and the location of an examination systems’ cut‐points both influence the accuracy (i.e., the sensitivity and specificity) of examinee classifications. Practical implications of these results are discussed in terms of false positive and false negative classifications of test takers.