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Standardized conditional SEM: A case for conditional reliability

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Abstract

An examinee-level (or conditional) reliability is proposed for use in both classical test theory (CTT) and item response theory (IRT). The well-known group-level reliability is shown to be the average of conditional reliabilities of examinees in a group or a population. This relationship is similar to the known relationship between the square of the conditional standard error of measurement (SEM) and the square of the group-level SEM. The proposed conditional reliability is illustrated with an empirical data set in the CTT and IRT frameworks.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)169-180
Number of pages12
JournalApplied Psychological Measurement
Volume31
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2007
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Classical test theory
  • Conditional reliability
  • Conditional standard error of measurement
  • Item response theory

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
  • Psychology (miscellaneous)

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