Effect of Statistically Matching Equating Samples for Common‐Item Equating

Estimating Equating Error in Observed-Score Equating

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11. Equating

Statistical Equating Methods

The R package equate (Albano, 2010) contains functions for non-IRT equating under random groups and nonequivalent groups designs. This package vignette introduces these designs and provides an overview of statistical equating with details about each of the supported equating methods. Examples demonstrate the basic functionality of the package.

Chained Linear Equating

Contributions to Kernel Equating

Andersson, B. 2014. Contributions to Kernel Equating. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Social Sciences 106. 24 pp. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. ISBN 978-91-554-9089-8. The statistical practice of equating is needed when scores on different versions of the same standardized test are to be compared. This thesis constitutes four contributions...