@article{oai:kyutech.repo.nii.ac.jp:00004109,
 author = {Hirose, Hideo and 廣瀬, 英雄 and Sakumura, Takenori and Kuwahata, Takayuki},
 issue = {2},
 journal = {Information},
 month = {Feb},
 note = {Many researchers know the superiority of the item response theory (IRT) over the classical test theory (CTT) from a detailed test-evaluation viewpoint. However, teachers are still reluctant to use the IRT as a daily testing tool. The primary objective of this paper is to  nd the difference between the CTT and the IRT. In particular, we focus on the difference in ability evaluation. We compared the CTT and IRT evaluated abilities by using the hypothetically assumed abilities that are mimicked to a real case. By using a simulation study, we found that the IRT is superior to the CTT to some extent. The CTT uses pre-assigned allotments contrary to the IRT which has no allotment concept. However, if we regard the ability evaluation by the IRT as the standard, we can  nd the most appropriate allotments in the CTT so that the total scores of the CTT are adjusted as close as possible to the abilities obtained by the IRT. This is a kind of allotment optimization problem. We show the methodology in this paper. By applying our methodology to some simulation cases that mimic the real data case, we found an intriguing feature with respect to the pre-assigned allotments. If teachers want to raise the examination pass rate, we guess that they give higher scores than the actual scores achieved by students; we call this jacking-up. Using the allotment optimization, we have found that jacking-up causes higher allotments to easier problems in the CTT.},
 pages = {391--410},
 title = {Score Allotment Optimization Method with Application to Comparison of Ability Evaluation in Testing between Classical Test Theory and Item Response Theory},
 volume = {17},
 year = {2014},
 yomi = {ヒロセ, ヒデオ}
}