Are Sum Scores a Great Accomplishment of Psychometrics or Intuitive Test Theory?

Robert J. Mislevy ()
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Robert J. Mislevy: University of Maryland at College Park

Psychometrika, 2024, vol. 89, issue 4, No 4, 1170-1174

Abstract: Abstract Sijtsma, Ellis, and Borsboom (Psychometrika, 89:84-117, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11336-024-09964-7 ) provide a thoughtful treatment in Psychometrika of the value and properties of sum scores and classical test theory at a depth at which few practicing psychometricians are familiar. In this note, I offer comments on their article from the perspective of evidentiary reasoning.

Keywords: intuitive test theory; evidentiary reasoning; P-prims; sum scores (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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