The analysis of Iran universities’ 2003-2004 entrance examination to detect biased items [PDF]
, 2009 Item bias or differential item function (DIF) refers to the situation in which the probability of correct responses to an item for examinees with equal ability measured by test but belong to different groups are not equal.
Abdul Ghafar, Mohamed Najib +1 more
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Frontiers in Education, 2022 This paper examines why certain items in a competency test for music-related argumentation are more difficult than others. Based on previous studies on school-related achievement tests, the authors assume that differences in item difficulty are related ...
Julia Ehninger +2 more
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Goal confidence and difficulty as predictors of goal attainment in junior high school cross-country runners [PDF]
, 1997 This study examined the influence of confidence in a goal and difficulty of the goal on the attainment of self-set goals regarding time and position. 63 Junior high school cross-country runners (M Age=13.5 yr., SD=.5 yr.) completed a 6-item Race Goals ...
Karageorghis, CI, Lane, AM
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Item and error analysis on Raven's Coloured Progressive Matrices in Williams Syndrome [PDF]
, 2010 Raven's Coloured Progressive Matrices (RCPM) is a standardised test that is commonly used to obtain a non-verbal reasoning score for children. As the RCPM involves the matching of a target to a pattern it is also considered to be a visuo-spatial ...
Annaz, D. +5 more
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Psychometric Evaluation of an Instrument to Measure Prospective Pregnancy Preferences: The Desire to Avoid Pregnancy Scale. [PDF]
, 2019 BACKGROUND:Existing approaches to measuring women's pregnancy intentions suffer important limitations, including retrospective assessment, overly simple categories, and a presumption that all women plan pregnancies. No psychometrically valid scales exist
Foster, Diana G +4 more
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Linear programming method to construct equated item sets for the implementation of periodical computer-based testing for the Korean Medical Licensing Examination [PDF]
Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions, 2018 Purpose This study aimed to identify the best way of developing equivalent item sets and to propose a stable and effective management plan for periodical licensing examinations.
Dong Gi Seo +4 more
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All India AYUSH post graduate entrance exam 2019 – AYURVEDA MCQ item analysis
Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine, 2021 Background: AIAPGET 2019, an all India ranking entrance Test for MD/MS courses of Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy stream was conducted by joint collaboration of National Testing Agency (NTA) and All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA).
Shivakumar Harti +3 more
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Increased susceptibility to proactive interference in adults with dyslexia? [PDF]
, 2015 Recent findings show that people with dyslexia have an impairment in serial-order memory. Based on these findings, the present study aimed to test the hypothesis that people with dyslexia have difficulties dealing with proactive interference (PI) in ...
Arnaud Szmalec +14 more
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When do we eat? An evaluation of food items input into an electronic monitoring application [PDF]
, 2006 We present a formative study that examines what, when, and how participants in a chronic kidney disease (stage 5) population input food items into an electronic intake monitoring application. Participants scanned food item barcodes or voice recorded food
Connelly, Kay H. +5 more
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Evaluation of the Clinimetric Properties of the Upper Limb Subscales of the Motor Assessment Scale Using a Rasch Analysis Model. [PDF]
, 2010 OBJECTIVES: To apply Rasch analysis to evaluate the psychometric properties of the composite score of the 3 upper limb subscales of the Motor Assessment Scale (UL-MAS) when administered in the acute/subacute phase post-stroke.
Galea, M +3 more
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