Abstract
The theoretically best estimate of the reliability coefficient is stated in terms of a precise definition of the equivalence of two forms of a test. Various approximations to this theoretical formula are derived, with reference to several degrees of completeness of information about the test and to special assumptions. The familiar Spearman-Brown Formula is shown to be a special case of the general formulation of the problem of reliability. Reliability coefficients computed in various ways are presented for comparative purposes.
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MathematicsEquivalence (formal languages)Reliability (semiconductor)Classical test theoryCompleteness (order theory)Test theoryTest (biology)Applied mathematicsReliability theoryStatisticsCalculus (dental)Item response theoryPsychometricsDiscrete mathematicsMathematical analysisFailure rate
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- 1937
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- article
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 151-160
- Citations
- 1915
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G. Frederic Kuder,
M. W. Richardson
(1937).
The Theory of the Estimation of Test Reliability.
Psychometrika
, 2
(3)
, 151-160.
https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02288391
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- 10.1007/bf02288391