Exam 7: Writing and Evaluating Test Items

When distractors are likely to be selected as alternative responses on multiple-choice tests,

The optimal item difficulty of a six-alternative test is

The proportion of responses that are expected to be correct for each level of ability can be represented by

Describing the chances that low-ability test takers will obtain each score is called the

When teachers are initially told that the students they will be teaching are either not very imaginative or are very imaginative,ratings using an adjective checklist will tend to reflect this original assessment.This is an example of

In item analysis,the internal criteria against which items are evaluated refers to the

If 50% of the individuals taking a particular test get a certain item correct,the difficulty (or easiness)level of that item would be

The tendency for test takers to agree on most of the items is called a(n)

Item analysis is different from the classical method of reliability because

Suppose you got 75 items correct on a 100-item,six alternative,multiple-choice exam.What would your score be after we corrected for guessing?

Which testing method is popular for measuring self-rated health?

Your text presents empirical evidence that indicates school children tend to repeat the same kind of errors when given problems of a particular type.This highlights the

In order to correct for guessing

In the extreme group method of item analysis,

Which type of item tends to lose reliability and become obsolete over time?