Books by Howard Wainer

Testing and the Paradoxes of F
Testing and the Paradoxes of Fairness
2025
Subscores
Subscores
2024
History of Data Visualization
History of Data Visualization and Graphic Communication
2021
Truth or truthiness
Truth or truthiness
2016
Drawing Inferences from Self-Selected Samples
Drawing Inferences from Self-Selected Samples
2013
Medical Illuminations
Medical Illuminations
2013
Medical Illuminations Using Evidence Visualization And Statistical Thinking To Improve Healthcare
Medical Illuminations Using Evidence Visualization And Statistical Thinking To Improve Healthcare
2013
Test Validity
Test Validity
2013
Statistical Guide for the Ethi
Statistical Guide for the Ethically Perplexed
2012
Differential item functioning
Differential item functioning
2009
Picturing the uncertain world
Picturing the uncertain world
2009
Testlet Response Theory and Its Applications
Testlet Response Theory and Its Applications
2007
Graphic Discovery
Graphic Discovery
2004
Test scoring
Test scoring
2001
Using a new statistical model
Using a new statistical model for testlets to score TOEFL
2001
How reliable is the TOEFL test
How reliable is the TOEFL test?
1997
Visual revelations
Visual revelations
1997
Depicting error
Depicting error
1995
A testlet-based examination of
A testlet-based examination of the LSAT
1994
On examinee choice in educatio
On examinee choice in educational testing
1994
On the academic achievement of
On the academic achievement of New Jersey's public school children
1994
On the academic performance of
On the academic performance of Hawaii's public school children
1994
Resizing triathlons for fairne
Resizing triathlons for fairness
1994
Using trilinear plots for NAEP
Using trilinear plots for NAEP state data
1994
How unidimensional are tests c
How unidimensional are tests comprising both multiple-choice and free-response items?
1993
Combining multiple-choice and
Combining multiple-choice and constructed response test scores
1992
Measurement problems
Measurement problems
1992
Some practical considerations
Some practical considerations when converting a linearly administered test to an adaptive format
1992
Understanding graphs and table
Understanding graphs and tables
1992
DIFferential testlet functioni
DIFferential testlet functioning
1991
How well can we equate test fo
How well can we equate test forms that are constructed by examinees?
1991
Sex differences in performance
Sex differences in performance on the mathematics section of the Scholastic Aptitude Test
1991
Some empirical guidelines for
Some empirical guidelines for building testlets
1991
The validity of the SAT at the
The validity of the SAT at the University of Hawaii
1991
An Adaptive algebra test
An Adaptive algebra test
1990
Toward a psychometrics for tes
Toward a psychometrics for testlets
1989
The future of item analysis
The future of item analysis
1988
Can we accurately assess chang
Can we accurately assess changes in minority performance on the SAT?
1987
Eelworms, bullet holes, and Ge
Eelworms, bullet holes, and Geraldine Ferraro
1987
The first four millennia of me
The first four millennia of mental testing
1987
Plotting in the modern world
Plotting in the modern world
1986
Estimating ability with the wr
Estimating ability with the wrong model
1985
Estimating the number of exami
Estimating the number of examinees who did not reach the last item of a section
1985
Minority contributions to the
Minority contributions to the SAT score turnaround
1985
On the study of matching cut-s
On the study of matching cut-scores to test characteristics
1985
On state education statistics
On state education statistics
1984
An exploratory analysis of per
An exploratory analysis of performance on the SAT
1983
Was there one distractor too m
Was there one distractor too many?
1983
Are we correcting for guessing
Are we correcting for guessing in the wrong direction?
1981
Gapping
Gapping
1981
Graphical data analysis
Graphical data analysis
1981
A principal components analysi
A principal components analysis of models and men
1968
Some considerations in probabi
Some considerations in probability learning
1967