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Comment author: IlyaShpitser 09 April 2015 08:03:03AM *  2 points [-]

Troubleshooting is a great example where a little probability goes a long way, thanks.


Amusingly, there was in fact an error in the GRE Subject test I once took, long ago (in computer science). All of the 5 multiple choice answers were incorrect. I agree that conditional on disagreement between test and testtaker, the test is usually right.

Comment author: othercriteria 10 April 2015 01:42:16PM 1 point [-]

The Rasch model does not hate truth, nor does it love truth, but the truth if made out of items which it can use for something else.