Back to Search
Start Over
Standard-setting methodology: Establishing performance standards and setting cut-scores to assist score interpretation.
- Source :
-
Applied Physiology, Nutrition & Metabolism . 2016 Supplement, Vol. 41, pS74-S82. 9p. 2 Diagrams, 1 Chart. - Publication Year :
- 2016
-
Abstract
- A critical step in the development and use of tests of physical fitness for employment purposes (e.g., fitness for duty) is to establish 1 or more cut points, dividing the test score range into 2 or more ordered categories reflecting, for example, fail/pass decisions. Over the last 3 decades elaborated theories and methods have evolved focusing on the process of establishing 1 or more cut-scores on a test. This elaborated process is widely referred to as "standard-setting". As such, the validity of the test score interpretation hinges on the standard-setting, which embodies the purpose and rules according to which the test results are interpreted. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of standard-setting methodology. The essential features, key definitions and concepts, and various novel methods of informing standard-setting will be described. The focus is on foundational issues with an eye toward informing best practices with new methodology. Throughout, a case is made that in terms of best practices, establishing a test standard involves, in good part, setting a cut-score and can be conceptualized as evidence/databased policy making that is essentially tied to test validity and an evidential trail. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *PHYSICAL fitness
*INDUSTRIAL hygiene standards
*EMPLOYMENT
*EXERCISE tests
*INDUSTRIAL safety
*JOB descriptions
*JUDGMENT (Psychology)
*RESEARCH methodology
*REFERENCE values
*WORK capacity evaluation
*JOB performance
*TASK performance
*BODY movement
*PREDICTIVE validity
*NATIONAL competency-based educational tests
*STANDARDS
RESEARCH evaluation
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17155312
- Volume :
- 41
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Applied Physiology, Nutrition & Metabolism
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 116166819
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1139/apnm-2015-0522