Conjunctive Measurement Theory: Cognitive Research Prospects.

Abstract

A new psychometric development theory based on conjunctive measurement is introduced with an eye toward cognitive modeling. Conjunctive measures are shown that can reflect persons' abilities to: combine component skills that are individually necessary for solving a given task; learn information at one point and successfully use it at a later point; positively transfer learned material from one setting to another; and improve knowledge in different ways between pretests and posttests. Several theoretical issues are also introduced to contrast conjunctive testing with traditional testing. The main distinction is that conjunctive measurement violates test theory's local independence axiom, by allowing individuals to change rather than be unaffected during the measurement process.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 25, 1988
Accession Number
ADA193627

Entities

People

  • Robert J. Jannarone

Organizations

  • University of South Carolina

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computers
  • Data Science
  • Factor Analysis
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Probabilistic Models
  • Probability
  • Psychology
  • Quantum Mechanics
  • Reasoning
  • Security
  • Statistical Algorithms
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistics
  • Students
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Computational Linguistics
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Neural Network Machine Learning.