Computerized Adaptive and Multistage Testing with R Using Packages catR and mstR /

• Main Authors: Magis, David (Author), Yan, Duanli (Author), von Davier, Alina A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Use R!,
• Subjects: Statistics.; Assessment.; Educational psychology.; Education > Psychology.; Psychometrics.; Statistical Theory and Methods.; Assessment, Testing and Evaluation.; Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law.; Statistics and Computing/Statistics Programs.; Educational Psychology.

The goal of this guide and manual is to provide a practical and brief overview of the theory on computerized adaptive testing (CAT) and multistage testing (MST) and to illustrate the methodologies and applications using R open source language and several data examples.  Implementation relies on the...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Preface
• Ch 1 Overview of Adaptive Testing
• Ch 2 An Overview of Item Response Theory
• Part 1 Item-Level Computerized Adaptive Testing
• Ch 3 An Overview of Computerized Adaptive Testing
• Ch 4 Simulations of Computerized Adaptive Tests
• Ch 5 Examples of Simulations using catR
• Part 2 Computerized Multistage Testing
• Ch 6 An Overview of Computerized Multistage testing
• Ch 7 Simulations of Computerized Multistage Tests
• Ch 8 Examples of Simulations using mstR
• Index.