A Decision Theory Model for Course Placement

Wim J. van der Linden

Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 1998, vol. 23, issue 1, 18-34

Abstract: The problem of how to place students in a sequence of hierarchically related courses is addressed from a decision theory point of view. Based on a minimal set of assumptions, it is shown that optimal mastery rules for the courses are always monotone and a nonincreasing function of the scores on the placement test. On the other hand, placement rules are not generally monotone but have a form depending on the specific shape of the probability distributions and utility functions in force. The results are further explored for a class of linear utility functions.

Keywords: Keywords: decision theory; mastery decisions; monotone decision rules; placement decisions; test theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.3102/10769986023001018

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