Adaptive Mental Testing: The State of the Art

Abstract

This paper defines adaptive mental testing in relation to conventional mental testing, outlines the major research issues in adaptive mental testing, and reviews the state of the art for each of the research issues. The research issues are: (1) psychometric theory; (2) design of adaptive tests; (3) scoring adaptive tests; (4) the testing medium; (5) item pool development; and (6) advances in measurement technology.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA088000

Entities

People

  • James R McBride

Organizations

  • U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Bayesian Networks
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Simulations
  • Computers
  • Estimators
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Information Processing
  • Mathematical Models
  • Military Research
  • Probabilistic Models
  • Probability
  • Psychology
  • Reliability
  • Social Sciences
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Education
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.