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True score

Posted byBrian Hopkins May 22, 2019

A hypothetical variable defined as the part of an observed item indicating the measurement of an attribute of interest. The true score is traditionally assumed to be uncorrelated with the error score and is the reason why several different observed items are correlated. 

See Error score, Measurement error, Residuals

Posted byBrian HopkinsMay 22, 2019Posted inUncategorizedTags: glossary

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