THE SPLIT LEVEL PROBLEM AS RELATED TO THE TASK OF EVALUATING ITEMS IN THE CLINICAL AREA |
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| Authors: | Jasper W. Holley Kjell Hansson |
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| Affiliation: | Psychological Laboratory, Lund University, Sweden |
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| Abstract: | H olley , J. W. & H ansson , K. The split level problem as related to the task of evaluating items in the clinical area. Scand.J. Psychol ., 1969, 10, 124–128—It is pointed out that correlational values can be distorted in item evaluation when the proportions of persons in the criterion groups are variant. The use of a 'K ratio' is suggested as a possible solution to be applied under restrictive conditions. |
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