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Showing 1 to 20 of 56 for “"Item Difficulty"”.

  1. Effects of Plain Language Revision on Item Difficulty, Discrimination and DIF

    Baker, Holly E.2001

    … on their individual needs. Likewise, assessment items designed and/or revised using the principles of plain language and universal design increase access to the content area information in assessments. Colorado’s work in plain language revision of Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP) items …

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  2. An investigation of item difficulty in the Stanford-Binet intelligence scale, fourth edition

    Troyka, Rebecca J.1989

    … testing format and the limited number of items given to each subject, it is especially important that consecutive levels in each of the tests increase in difficulty. The purpose of this study was to investigate the progression of difficulty among items in the Fourth Edition.Three hundred …

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  3. Mental Test Performance as a Function of Payoff Conditions, Item Difficulty, and Degree of Speeding

    Quereshi, Mohammed YounusUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2014

    Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-04T17:33:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 5900560.pdf: 3596066 bytes, checksum: be501dd792ac3ba571c0db066a4f63f3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1958

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  4. Testing the Assumption of Sample Invariance of Item Difficulty Parameters in the Rasch Rating Scale Model

    Curtin, Joseph A.2007

    … model, it is mathematically proven that the item difficulty estimates are independent of the sample of respondents. The purpose of this study was to test the robustness of the Rasch model with regards to its ability to maintain invariant item difficulty estimates when real (data that does not …

    byu Repository record

  5. Exploring the Item Difficulty and Other Psychometric Properties of the Core Perceptual, Verbal, and Working Memory Subtests of the WAIS-IV Using Item Response Theory

    Schleicher-Dilks, Sara AnnNSUWorks2015

    … 2008) only function as intended if subtest items proceed in order of difficulty. While many aspects of the WAIS-IV have been researched, there is no literature about subtest item difficulty and precise item difficulty values are not available. The WAIS-IV was developed within the framework …

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  6. Test taking motivation and item performance

    Huang, Min, 1979-University of Missouri--Columbia2008

    … The effect of test taking motivation on item performance is tested. The study proposes that 1) the item performance difference between high and low motivation groups varies with item difficulty; and 2) aberrant response patterns can be associated with motivation. Statistical techniques …

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  7. The Effectiveness of a "None of the Above" Answer Option in Multiple Choice Grammar Tests

    Sides, Andrea

    … students. Differences between the forms in item difficulty and discrimination were examined. Analysis revealed no differences in item discrimination or item difficulty between items without a NOTA option and items with a NOTA option. A discussion of the results, limitations, and suggestions …

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  8. An evaluation of a post-entry test: An item analysis using Classical Test Theory (CTT)

    Thirakunkovit, Suthathip

    … (CTT) to assess the reliability of these test items. CTT is selected because this theory is the standard comprehensive procedure for developing, evaluating, and scaling test items (DeVellis, 2006). This reliability analysis is important because it is a prerequisite to the test validation …

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  9. Difficulty as a concept inventory design consideration: An exploratory study of the concept assessment tool for statics (CATS)

    Denick, Dana L

    … models including classical test theory and item response theory to find psychometric evidence that characterize student performance on CATS. Common to these approaches is the calculation of item difficulty, a parameter that is used to distinguish which items are more difficult than others. …

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  10. Development of matrices abstract reasoning items to assess fluid intelligence

    Chan, FionaUniversity of Cambridge2018

    … introduces several methods to develop matrices items, and presents them in different test forms to assess general intelligence. Part 1 introduces the development of a matrices test with reference to Carpenter’s five rules of Raven’s Progressive Matrices. The test items developed were …

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  11. A Monte Carlo Approach for Exploring the Generalizability of Performance Standards

    Coraggio, James ThomasDigital Commons @ University of South Florida2008

    … setting process by limiting the number of items rated and the number of individual rater decisions. The ability to generalize performance standards has profound implications both from a psychometric as well as a practicality standpoint. This study was conducted to evaluate the extent to …

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  12. Native Languages and Differential Dimensionality of English as a Second Language Test Proficiency: An Exploratory Study

    Sawatdirakpong, SumaleeUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2014

    … proficiency test performance. Item response data on Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) of four different native languages, namely, Arabic, Chinese, French and Thai, were analyzed. The three major findings are as follows: First, overall there were small differences in …

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  13. Knowledge and Education Satisfaction in the of Pediatric Simple Laceration Wound Management according to the Education Media

    김, 성희2011

    … of wound, in case of control group, the item difficulty for the 3 questions, 'When you are wounded, you must clean and disinfect well,' 'The wound needs to be continuously managed till it is completely cured,' and 'When you apply the ointment, you must use a disinfected swab' was the …

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  14. Impacts of Ignoring Nested Data Structure in Rasch/IRT Model and Comparison of Different Estimation Methods

    Chungbaek, YoungyunVirginia Tech2011

    … of ignoring nested data structure in Rasch/1PL item response theory (IRT) model via a two-level and three-level hierarchical generalized linear model (HGLM). Currently, Rasch/IRT models are frequently used in educational and psychometric researches for data obtained from multistage cluster …

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  15. M3: The Three-Mathematical Minds Model for the Identification of Mathematically Gifted Students

    Sak, UgurThe University of Arizona.2005

    … .36) and their liking of mathematics (r = .35). Item-subtest-total score correlations ranged from low to high. Some M3 items were found to be homogenous measuring only one aspect of mathematical ability, such as creative mathematical ability, whereas some items were found to be good measures of …

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  16. Does Item Exposure Impact the Relationship Between Specificity and Interrater Agreement

    Littlejohn, Traxler

    … discussion. Their results indicated that as item specificity decreased (i.e., as items became more vague), there was an increase in interrater agreement, a positive correlation between item difficulty and interater agreement, and a positive correlation between performance and interrater …

    wku-diss Repository record

  17. The Strength of Multidimensional Item Response Theory in Exploring Construct Space that is Multidimensional and Correlated

    Spencer, Steven Gerry2004

    … the parameter estimates obtained from two item response theory (IRT) models: the 1-PL IRT model and the MC1-PL IRT model. Several scenarios were explored in which both unidimensional and multidimensional item-level and personal-level data were used to generate the item responses. The Monte …

    byu Repository record

  18. "None of the Above" as an Answer Option in Observatoin Based Multiple-Choice Questions

    King, Stephen

    <p>This study examined the characteristics of items using <em>none of the above </em>(NOT A) as an answer option in observation based multiple-choice questions. Previous research has examined only the use of a NOTA option in academic knowledge based testing, not in visual recognition testing. Item …

    wku-diss Repository record

  19. A Comparison of Item Parameters across Item Types

    Applegate, Gregory M.

    Seven item formats from a professional licensure examination program (n=4,706) were evaluated to determine whether there are significant differences in item parameter estimates based on item formats. The item formats were standard multiple choice, multiple choice with a graphic or exhibit attached, …

    purdue-thes Repository record

  20. Examining Construct Stability Across Career Stage Cohorts

    Kinney, Deborah L.Eastern Kentucky University2012

    … medical careers. The Rasch model was used for item analysis to calibrate the difficulty hierarchy of the exam items for each cohort. Correlations between the item difficulty hierarchies for each cohort supported the overall construct stability of the certification exam. Individual item function …

    eku Repository record

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