Conducting simulation studies for computerized adaptive testing using SimulCAT: an instructional piece.

ABSTRACT: Computerized adaptive testing (CAT) technology is widely used in a variety of licensing and certification examinations administered to health professionals in the United States. Many more countries worldwide are expected to adopt CAT for their national licensing examinations for health professionals due to its reduced test time and more accurate estimation of a test-taker's performance ability. Continuous improvements to CAT algorithms promote the stability and reliability of the results of such examinations. For this reason, conducting simulation studies is a critically important component of evaluating the design of CAT programs and their implementation. This report introduces the principles of SimulCAT, a software program developed for conducting CAT simulation studies. The key evaluati

SUBMITTER: Han KCT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6194482 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature