Analyzing test-taking behavior: decision theory meets psychometric theory

DOI10.1007/S11336-014-9425-XzbMATH Open1329.62455OpenAlexW2063664550WikidataQ53152170 ScholiaQ53152170MaRDI QIDQ906057FDOQ906057

Authors: David V. Budescu, Yuanchao Bo 

Publication date: 29 January 2016

Published in: Psychometrika (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11336-014-9425-x

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zbMATH Keywords

decision theorypartial informationloss aversionformula scoringguessingmis-calibration of probabilitiesmultiple-choice tests

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to psychology (62P15) Decision theory (91B06) Utility theory (91B16)

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