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A note on item analysis with an electronic computer

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An electronic computer with large capacity memory, and employing binary numbers, is ideally suited for large-scale item analysis. The adaptation and use of one computer, SWAC, is described.

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  1. Flanagan, J. C. General considerations in the selection of test items and a short method of estimating the product-moment coefficients from data at the tails of the distribution.J. educ. Psych. 1939,30, 674–680.

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    James Ziegler

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A research project of the American Council on Education and The Grant Foundation.

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Ziegler, J. A note on item analysis with an electronic computer. Psychometrika 19, 261–262 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02289191

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