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SUMMARY:Statistics and Examinations - Tom Bramley\, Cambridge Assessment
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CONTACT:Peter Watson
DESCRIPTION:The world of educational testing and examinations makes contac
 t with statistics in a number of places.  I will give an overview of some 
 of them\, from the perspective of a researcher at an exam board.  The talk
  will give particular prominence to two topics that regularly attract wide
 spread interest: the setting and maintaining of standards\; and the reliab
 ility of marking.  I will also discuss the role of psychometrics (consider
 ed as a branch of applied statistics) in developing test questions and ass
 essments\; and in technologies of assessment such as computerised adaptive
  testing (CAT).
LOCATION:Department of Plant Sciences\, Downing Site\, University of Cambr
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