Item Analysis Chapter 10: Item Response Theory and Item Characteristic Curve
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What is the Item Characteristic Curve (ICC) used to graphically present?

  • The number of people who take the test
  • The types of people who take the test
  • The probability of choosing the correct answer as a function of the level of attribute measured by the test (correct)
  • The difficulty of the test items

What is emphasized by modern approaches to test development and analysis?

  • Statistics and analytic methods (correct)
  • Simple methods of item analysis
  • Traditional item analysis
  • The influence of people who take the test

Which feature of an item does the Item Characteristic Curve (ICC) summarize?

  • The number of people who choose the correct answer
  • Difficulty, discriminating power, and probability of answering correctly (correct)
  • The types of people who take the test
  • The level of attribute measured by the test

What does a very difficult item with little discriminating power indicate?

<p>The item is not well-constructed (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the Item Characteristic Curve (ICC), what happens as verbal ability increases?

<p>The probability of choosing the correct answer increases (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does it mean when people who did well on a test are less likely to do well on a particular item?

<p>The item has low discriminating power (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to item response theory (IRT), what is the purpose of using item characteristic curves?

<p>To describe the relationship between a person’s ability level and the likelihood of a correct answer (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In IRT, what does item discriminating power refer to?

<p>The relationship between item responses and the construct measured by the test (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a disadvantage of using traditional item analysis, as compared to item response theory (IRT)?

<p>It links item responses to total test scores rather than to the construct measured by the test (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In IRT, what does a difficult item refer to?

<p>An item that requires a high level of ability to achieve a correct answer (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does adaptive testing differ from traditional test construction?

<p>It tailors the test to the individual examinee's ability level (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What can be achieved by constructing separate item characteristic curves for each possible response in a multiple-choice test?

<p>Getting information about ability from distractors (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In IRT, how does item discriminating power differ from traditional approaches to item analysis?

<p>It depends on the relationship between item responses and the construct measured by the test (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a potential application of adaptive testing?

<p>Tailoring the test to the individual examinee's ability level (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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<p>To determine if everyone answers correctly at higher ability levels (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does adaptive testing allow for?

<p>Estimating ability at each step of testing and then selecting next item accordingly (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does screening tests aim at?

<p>Separating out people with a given characteristic (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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