Rethinking the Interpretation of Item Discrimination and Factor Loadings [PDF]
Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2019 Factor loadings and item discrimination parameters play a key role in scale construction. A multitude of heuristics regarding their interpretation are hardwired into practice—for example, neglecting low loadings and assigning items to exactly one scale.
Pascal Jordan, Martin Spiess
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To what extent are item discrimination values realistic? A new index for two-dimensional structures
International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 2022 Most researchers investigate the corrected item-total correlation of items when analyzing item discrimination in multi-dimensional structures under the Classical Test Theory, which might lead to underestimating item discrimination, thereby removing items
İbrahim Uysal, Abdullah Faruk Kılıç
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Evaluating single-best-answer questions in dental materials education: a retrospective item analysis from an online undergraduate dentistry question bank [PDF]
BDJ OpenBackground High-quality single-best-answer (SBA) questions require appropriate construction, alignment with intended learning outcomes, absence of technical item flaws and psychometric evaluation.
Oliver Vij +4 more
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A novel approach for calculating the item discrimination for Likert type of scales [PDF]
International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 2022 Item analysis is performed by developers as an integral part of the scale development process. Thus, items are excluded from the scale depending on the item analysis prior to the factor analysis.
Eren Can Aybek, Ümit Çelen
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Trends in the Psychometric Characteristics of NECO Mathematics Senior School Certificate Examination Over a Period of Five Years (2020-2024) among Osun State Candidates, Nigeria [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] [PDF]
F1000ResearchThe study examined the psychometric characteristics of the National Examinations Council (NECO) Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) Mathematics test in Osun State, Nigeria, spanning from 2020 to 2024.
Adediwura Alaba Adeyemi +2 more
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Item difficulty index, discrimination index, and reliability of the 26 health professions licensing examinations in 2022, Korea: a psychometric study [PDF]
Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions, 2023 Purpose This study presents item analysis results of the 26 health personnel licensing examinations managed by the Korea Health Personnel Licensing Examination Institute (KHPLEI) in 2022.
Yoon Hee Kim +4 more
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Applying a two-parameter item response model to explore the psychometric properties: The case of the ministry of Science, Research and Technology (MSRT) high-stakes English Language Proficiency test [PDF]
Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning, 2022 Perhaps the degree of test difficulty is one of the most significant characteristics of a test. However, no empirical research on the difficulty of the MSRT test has been carried out.
Shahram Ghahraki +2 more
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JISAE (Journal of Indonesian Student Assessment and Evaluation), 2023 This study aims to analyze an assessment instrument, mainly the characteristics of the test items, by using a Quest program. This study is a descriptive quantitative study in one school in Yogyakarta.
Ikhsanudin Ikhsanudin +3 more
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Psychometric Properties of 3-, 4-, and 5-Option Item Tests: Do Test Takers’ Personality Traits Make a Difference? [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Applied Language Studies, 2019 Prior research has yielded mixed results regarding what contributes psychometrically sound multiple-choice (MC) items. The purpose of the present study was, therefore, twofold: (a) to compare 3-, 4-, and 5-option multiple-choice (MC) tests in terms of ...
Fatemeh Khaleghi, Rajab Esfandiari
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Journal of Advanced Guidance and Counseling, 2022 Purpose - This study aims to ascertain the impact of several options on distractor performance when confidence scoring was used and established the impact of the numbers of options for multiple-choice test items on the reliability of coefficients that ...
Jimoh Kasali, Adediwura Alaba Adeyemi
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