Item analysis of university-wide multiple choice objective examinations: the experience of a Nigerian private university. [PDF]
Qual Quant, 2018 Teachers and Students worldwide often dance to the tune of tests and examinations. Assessments are powerful tools for catalyzing the achievement of educational goals, especially if done rightly.
Odukoya JA +3 more
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Anchor methods for DIF detection: A comparison of the iterative forward, backward, constant and all-other anchor class [PDF]
, 2013 In the analysis of differential item functioning (DIF) using item response theory (IRT), a common metric is necessary to compare item parameters between groups of test-takers.
Kopf, Julia +2 more
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Dimension-Corrected Somers’ D for the Item Analysis Settings
, 2020 A new index of item discrimination power (IDP), dimension-corrected Somers’ D (D2) is proposed. Somers’ D is one of the superior alternatives for item–total(Rit) and item–rest correlation (Rir) in reflecting the real IDP with items with scales 0/1 and 0 ...
J. Metsämuuronen
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Dentistry Journal, 2021 As the landscape of oral healthcare and the delivery of services continue to undergo change, the dental hygienist plays an increasing role in assisting dentists with oral diagnosis and preventive strategies. Hence, the dental hygiene curriculum standards
Mythily Srinivasan
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Measuring public perceptions of sex offenders: reimagining the Community Attitudes Toward Sex Offenders (CATSO) scale [PDF]
, 2015 The Community Attitudes Toward Sex Offenders (CATSO) scale is an 18-item self-report questionnaire designed to measure respondents’ attitudes toward sex offenders.
Craig A. Harper +8 more
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Impact of distractors in item analysis of multiple choice questions
International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2019 Background: Item analysis is a quality assurance of examining the performance of the individual test items that measures the validity and reliability of exams.
Ismail Abdul Sattar Burud +2 more
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Characterizing and Modeling the Dynamics of Activity and Popularity [PDF]
, 2014 Social media, regarded as two-layer networks consisting of users and items, turn out to be the most important channels for access to massive information in the era of Web 2.0.
Di, Zengru +4 more
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Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties of the Five Facet of Mindfulness Questionnaire. [PDF]
, 2020 ObjectiveThe Five Facet of Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ) is widely used to assess mindfulness. The present study provides a psychometric evaluation of the FFMQ that includes item response theory (IRT) analyses and evaluation of item characteristic ...
Hays, Ron D +2 more
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Valutare la capacità di riassumere. Il Summarizing Test, uno strumento per la scuola primaria
Journal of Educational, Cultural and Psychological Studies, 2018 The synthesis of the texts is recognised as one of the main processes that contribute to the Reading Comprehension, however in Italian scientific literature (with reference to the context in which the test is to be applied) there is no widespread ...
Laura Menichetti
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Development of a patient-reported palliative care-specific health classification system: the POS-E [PDF]
, 2017 BackgroundGeneric preference-based measures are commonly used to estimate quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) to inform resource-allocation decisions.
Dzingina, Mendwas +5 more
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