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The Tab Item: a Technique for the Measurement of Proficiency in Diagnostic Problem Solving Tasks

The Tab Item: a Technique for the Measurement of Proficiency in Diagnostic Problem Solving Tasks THE TAB ITEM: A FOR THE TECHNIQUE MEASUREMENT OF PROFICIENCY IN DIAGNOSTIC PROBLEM SOLVING TASKSl ROBERT GLASER American Institute for Research and of University Pittsburgh DORA E. DAMRIN of Illinois University AND FLOYD M. GARDNER of Illinois University as of the of a of tests RECENTLY, part development battery to measure the of Air Force maintenance proficiency personnel, a of test item has been which to type developed may prove have in the area of widespread application general psycho- The Tab so called because of its construc- Item, logical testing. was to short-cut the more tion, originally designed expensive and of measure time-consuming work-sample type performance without to a extent the added that validity sacrificing large such measures over usually possess paper-and-pencil group tests. Measurement are faced with the specialists constantly practi- cal limitations of individualized on actual performance testing These limitations as the under equipment. multiply equipment consideration becomes and increasingly complex, expensive, inaccessible-as in the case of instru- present day military This research was in the United States Air Force under contract supported part by AF monitored the Technical Research of the 33(038)I3236, by Training Laboratory Air Command Human Resources Research Center. Permission is Training granted for http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Educational and Psychological Measurement SAGE

The Tab Item: a Technique for the Measurement of Proficiency in Diagnostic Problem Solving Tasks

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THE TAB ITEM: A FOR THE TECHNIQUE MEASUREMENT OF PROFICIENCY IN DIAGNOSTIC PROBLEM SOLVING TASKSl ROBERT GLASER American Institute for Research and of University Pittsburgh DORA E. DAMRIN of Illinois University AND FLOYD M. GARDNER of Illinois University as of the of a of tests RECENTLY, part development battery to measure the of Air Force maintenance proficiency personnel, a of test item has been which to type developed may prove have in the area of widespread application general psycho- The Tab so called because of its construc- Item, logical testing. was to short-cut the more tion, originally designed expensive and of measure time-consuming work-sample type performance without to a extent the added that validity sacrificing large such measures over usually possess paper-and-pencil group tests. Measurement are faced with the specialists constantly practi- cal limitations of individualized on actual performance testing These limitations as the under equipment. multiply equipment consideration becomes and increasingly complex, expensive, inaccessible-as in the case of instru- present day military This research was in the United States Air Force under contract supported part by AF monitored the Technical Research of the 33(038)I3236, by Training Laboratory Air Command Human Resources Research Center. Permission is Training granted for

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Educational and Psychological Measurement – SAGE

Published: Jul 1, 1954

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