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Predicting Rights-Only Score Distributions from Data Collected Under Formula Score Instructions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Hongwen Guo
Hongwen Guo*
Affiliation:
Educational Testing Service
*
Correspondence should be made to Hongwen Guo, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ USA. Email: Hguo@ets.org
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Abstract

Under a formula score instruction (FSI), test takers omit items. If students are encouraged to answer every item (under a rights-only scoring instruction, ROI), the score distribution will be different. In this paper, we formulate a simple statistical model to predict the score ROI distribution using the FSI data. Estimation error is also provided. In addition, a preliminary investigation of the probability of guessing correctly on omitted items and its sensitivity is presented in the paper. Based on the data used in this paper, the probability of guessing correctly may be close or slightly greater than the chance score.

Keywords

formula scoringrights-only scoringprobability of guessing correctlynormal approximationpredictionestimation errorsimulations

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Psychometrika , Volume 82 , Issue 1 , March 2017 , pp. 1 - 16
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Copyright © 2016 The Psychometric Society

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