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Brennan, Robert Lawrence was born on May 31, 1944 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Robert and Irene Veronica (Connors) B. Bachelor, Salem State College, 1967.
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Generalizability theory offers an extensive conceptual framework and a powerful set of statistical procedures for characterizing and quantifying the fallibility of measurements. Robert Brennan, the author, has written the most comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of generalizability theory. The book provides a synthesis of those parts of the statistical literature that are directly applicable to generalizability theory. The principal intended audience is measurement practitioners and graduate students in the behavioral and social sciences, although a few examples and references are provided from other fields. Readers will benefit from some familiarity with classical test theory and analysis of variance, but the treatment of most topics does not presume specific background.
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In recent years, many researchers in the psychology and statistical communities have paid increasing attention to test equating as issues of using multiple test forms have arisen and in response to criticisms of traditional testing techniques. This book provides a practically oriented introduction to test equating which both discusses the most frequently used equating methodologies and covers many of the practical issues involved. The main themes are: - the purpose of equating - distinguishing between equating and related methodologies - the importance of test equating to test development and quality control - the differences between equating properties, equating designs, and equating methods - equating error, and the underlying statistical assumptions for equating. The authors are acknowledged experts in the field, and the book is based on numerous courses and seminars they have presented. As a result, educators, psychometricians, professionals in measurement, statisticians, and students coming to the subject for the first time as part of their graduate study will find this an invaluable text and reference.
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This book provides an introduction to test equating, scaling and linking, including those concepts and practical issues that are critical for developers and all other testing professionals. In addition to statistical procedures, successful equating, scaling and linking involves many aspects of testing, including procedures to develop tests, to administer and score tests and to interpret scores earned on tests. Test equating methods are used with many standardized tests in education and psychology to ensure that scores from multiple test forms can be used interchangeably. Test scaling is the process of developing score scales that are used when scores on standardized tests are reported. In test linking, scores from two or more tests are related to one another. Linking has received much recent attention, due largely to investigations of linking similarly named tests from different test publishers or tests constructed for different purposes. In recent years, researchers from the education, psychology and statistics communities have contributed to the rapidly growing statistical and psychometric methodologies used in test equating, scaling and linking. In addition to the literature covered in previous editions, this new edition presents coverage of significant recent research. In order to assist researchers, advanced graduate students and testing professionals, examples are used frequently and conceptual issues are stressed. New material includes model determination in log-linear smoothing, in-depth presentation of chained linear and equipercentile equating, equating criteria, test scoring and a new section on scores for mixed-format tests. In the third edition, each chapter contains a reference list, rather than having a single reference list at the end of the volume The themes of the third edition include: * the purposes of equating, scaling and linking and their practical context * data collection designs * statistical methodology * designing reasonable and useful equating, scaling, and linking studies * importance of test development and quality control processes to equating * equating error, and the underlying statistical assumptions for equating
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By providing an introduction to test equating which both discusses the most frequently used equating methodologies and covering many of the practical issues involved, this volume expands upon the coverage of the first edition by providing a new chapter on test scaling and a second on test linking.
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Brennan, Robert Lawrence was born on May 31, 1944 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Robert and Irene Veronica (Connors) B. Bachelor, Salem State College, 1967.
Bachelor, Salem State College, 1967. Master of Art in Teaching, Harvard University, 1968. Doctor of Education, Harvard University, 1970.
Research associate, lecturer Graduate School Education, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1970-1971. Assistant professor education State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1971-1976. Senior research psychologist American College Testing Program, Iowa City, 1976-1979, director measurement research department, 1979-1984, assistant vice president for measurement research, 1984-1992, distinguished research scientist, 1990-1994.
Director Iowa Testing Programs, 1994-2002. Adjunct faculty School Education University Iowa, 1979-1994, E.F. Lindquist professor education measurement, since 1994, director center for advanced studies in measurement and assessment, since 2002.
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Fellow: American Psychological Association. Member: Iowa Academy Education (president 1996-1999), Psychometric Society, National Council Measurement Education (board directors 1987-1990, vice president 1995, president 1997-1998, Technology Contribution award 1997, Career Contribution award 2000), American Statistical Association, Midwestern Educational Research Association 1987-1988, American Educational Research Association (vice president 1994-1996, Division D award 1980, E.F. Lindquist Career Contribution award 2004).