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A scale of performance tests.The point scale.

A scale of performance tests.: The point scale. The introduction of the point scale has, nevertheless, challenged the attention of workers and we cannot neglect the inevitable question as to the method of allotting points. Point scales of the future will have to adopt some underlying principle according to which points are to be allotted. We shall attempt a brief discussion of what seem to us, at present, possible principles in the allotment of points, bearing in mind always the type of test that we are discussing in the present volume. Some of what we have to say will hardly bear directly upon the type of test included in the present Binet style of scales. All of what we have to say is theoretical and will doubtless be much modified by practical work in the future. Three possible principles that might be formulated at present may be designated as follows: (1) points allotted according to the discriminative capacity of the test; (2) allotment of an equal number of points to each test; (3) points allotted according to the degree of difficulty of test as determined by the standardization. We shall discuss these briefly in the above order. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A scale of performance tests.The point scale.

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D Appleton & Company
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Copyright © 1917 American Psychological Association
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159 –183
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10.1037/11199-007
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The introduction of the point scale has, nevertheless, challenged the attention of workers and we cannot neglect the inevitable question as to the method of allotting points. Point scales of the future will have to adopt some underlying principle according to which points are to be allotted. We shall attempt a brief discussion of what seem to us, at present, possible principles in the allotment of points, bearing in mind always the type of test that we are discussing in the present volume. Some of what we have to say will hardly bear directly upon the type of test included in the present Binet style of scales. All of what we have to say is theoretical and will doubtless be much modified by practical work in the future. Three possible principles that might be formulated at present may be designated as follows: (1) points allotted according to the discriminative capacity of the test; (2) allotment of an equal number of points to each test; (3) points allotted according to the degree of difficulty of test as determined by the standardization. We shall discuss these briefly in the above order. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)

Published: Nov 13, 2006

Keywords: point scale; testing; test scoring; test standardization; intelligence measures; theories

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