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Title
Scale separation reliability : what does it mean in the context of comparative judgment?
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Abstract
Comparative judgment (CJ) is an alternative method for assessing competences based on Thurstones law of comparative judgment. Assessors are asked to compare pairs of students work (representations) and judge which one is better on a certain competence. These judgments are analyzed using the BradlyTerryLuce model resulting in logit estimates for the representations. In this context, the Scale Separation Reliability (SSR), coming from Rasch modeling, is typically used as reliability measure. But, to the knowledge of the authors, it has never been systematically investigated if the meaning of the SSR can be transferred from Rasch to CJ. As the meaning of the reliability is an important question for both assessment theory and practice, the current study looks into this. A meta-analysis is performed on 26 CJ assessments. For every assessment, split-halves are performed based on assessor. The rank orders of the whole assessment and the halves are correlated and compared with SSR values using BlandAltman plots. The correlation between the halves of an assessment was compared with the SSR of the whole assessment showing that the SSR is a good measure for split-half reliability. Comparing the SSR of one of the halves with the correlation between the two respective halves showed that the SSR can also be interpreted as an interrater correlation. Regarding SSR as expressing a correlation with the truth, the results are mixed.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Applied psychological measurement. - Saint Paul, Conn.
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Publication
Saint Paul, Conn. : 2018
ISSN
0146-6216
DOI
10.1177/0146621617748321
Volume/pages
42 :6 (2018) , p. 428-445
ISI
000440672100002
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UAntwerpen
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Project info
Development, validation and effects of a digital platform for the assessement of competences (D-PAC).
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Publications with a UAntwerp address
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