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Some Thoughts on the Use of Decision Theory to Set Cutoff Scores: Comment on de Gruijter and Hambleton

Wim J. van der Linden

Twente University of Technology Enschede, The Netherlands, Afdeling Toegepaste Onderwijskunde, Technische Hogeschool Twente, Postbus 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands

In response to an article by de Gruijter and Ham bleton (1984), some thoughts on the use of decision theory for setting cutoff scores on mastery tests are presented. This paper argues that decision theory of fers much more than suggested by de Gruijter and Hambleton and that an attempt at evaluating its poten tials for mastery testing should address the full scale of possibilities. As for the problems de Gruijter and Hambleton have raised, some of them disappear if proper choices from decision theory are made, while others are inherent in mastery testing and will be en countered by any method of setting cutoff scores. Fur ther, this paper points at the development of new tech nology to assist the mastery tester in the application of decision theory. From this an optimistic attitude to wards the potentials of decision theory for mastery testing is concluded.

Applied Psychological Measurement, Vol. 8, No. 1, 9-17 (1984)
DOI: 10.1177/014662168400800102
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