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Revista de Lingüística y Lenguas Aplicadas, 2019 This research paper introduces a model of translation evaluation called Logistic Calibrated Items method. The aim of LCI method is to maximize a translators’ performance and to identify top competent translators through detecting all parsing items within
Alireza Akbari
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Jurnal Pendidikan Kedokteran Indonesia, 2020 Background: Assessment and evaluation for students is an essential component of teaching and learning process. Item analysis is the technique of collecting, summarizing, and using students’ response data to assess the quality of the Multiple Choice ...
Novi Maulina, Rima Novirianthy
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Exploration and confirmation of the latent variable structure of the Jefferson scale of empathy. [PDF]
, 2014 OBJECTIVE: To reaffirm the underlying components of the JSE by using exploratory factor analysis (EFA), and to confirm its latent variable structure by using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA).
Hojat, Mohammadreza, LaNoue, Marianna
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Examination of the Quality of Multiple-choice Items on Classroom Tests
Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2011 Because multiple-choice testing is so widespread in higher education, we assessed the quality of items used on classroom tests by carrying out a statistical item analysis.
David DiBattista, Laura Kurzawa
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Foveal target repetitions reduce crowding [PDF]
, 2014 Crowding is the limitation of peripheral vision by clutter. Objects that are easily identified when presented in isolation are hard to identify when presented flanked by similar close-by objects. It is often assumed that the signal of a crowded target is
Cavanagh, P, Greenwood, JA, Sayim, B
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Discrimination power of knowledge testing items
Lietuvos matematikos rinkinys, 2017 In the article one fuzzy classification algorithm of dichotomous test questions is proposed. Depending on the level of knowledge measured by the test, the test item for example may well differentiate whether all testees or only testees with strong or only with weak level of knowledge; as well as the test item may badly differentiate testees and ...
Aleksandras Krylovas +2 more
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Single-item recognition following a verbal discrimination study trial [PDF]
Memory & Cognition, 1975 A verbal discrimination (VD) study phase was followed by a single-item (i.e., one item at a time) test phase. Prior right (R) items from the VD list were found to have higher old-new hit rates on the test phase than prior wrong (W) items. However, prior W items had higher hit rates than prior R items in terms of recognition of their intrapair function.
D H, Kausler, E J, Pavur, R M, Yadrick
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Do item-writing flaws reduce examinations psychometric quality? [PDF]
, 2016 Background The psychometric characteristics of multiple-choice questions (MCQ) changed when taking into account their anatomical sites and the presence of item-writing flaws (IWF).
Coelho, E. +8 more
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Is a picture worth a thousand words: an analysis of the difficulty and discrimination parameters of illustrated vs. text-alone vignettes in histology multiple choice questions. [PDF]
, 2015 Background Advances in cognitive load theory have led to greater understanding of how we process verbal and visual material during learning, but the evidence base with regard to the use of images within written assessments is still sparse.
Arnett, Richard +2 more
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Discrimination, Acculturation, Acculturative Stress, and Latino Psychological Distress: A Moderated-Mediational Model [PDF]
, 2012 Prior research has found that perceived discrimination is associated with adverse mental health outcomes among Latinos. However, the process by which this relationship occurs remains an understudied area.
Driscoll, Mark W +2 more
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