
RESEARCH LIBRARY
RESEARCH LIBRARY
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Applied Psychological Measurement: Volume 47, issue 1, page(s) 34-47
This study used simulation to investigate the performance of the t-test method in detecting outliers and compared its performance with other outlier detection methods, including the logit difference method with 0.5 and 0.3 as the cutoff values and the robust z statistic with 2.7 as the cutoff value.
Integrating Timing Considerations to Improve Testing Practices
This chapter addresses timing considerations in the context of other types of performance assessments and reports on a previously unpublished experiment examining timing with respect to performance on computer-based case simulations that are used in physician licensure.