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It is assumed that a scale of true scores on a function exists and that the probability of answering an item correctly is a curve of the type of the integral of the normal curve. The product moment correlation between the test score and true score is derived for a normal distribution of subjects and a test composed of equivalent items. Numerical examples demonstrate that the maximum correlation between test scores and true scores occurs for a one hundred item test when the point correlation between items is less than three tenths.
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Tucker, L.R. Maximum validity of a test with equivalent items. Psychometrika 11, 1–13 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02288894
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02288894