Efficient Matrix Sampling Instruments for Correlated Latent Traits: Examples from the National Assessment of Educational Progress
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We study the efficiency of administering different subsets of a large collection of items in a sample survey to different people to estimate the distribution of several correlated traits. The designs are motivated by examples from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, an ongoing survey of U.S. students in the fourth, eighth, and twelfth grades. In this survey the traits represent proficiency in different subjects. For example, the Mathematics assessment estimates…