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1Which of the following are examples of ratio data?
- AIQ
- BTemperature
- CHeight
- DWeight
- EThe number of cats I have
- FCalendar year
- GMetres
2Match the test type to the item format:
Selection: [blank_start]Multiple choice[blank_end], [blank_start]True/false[blank_end], [blank_start]Matching[blank_end]
Supply: [blank_start]Essay[blank_end], [blank_start]Short Answer[blank_end], [blank_start]Completion[blank_end]- AMultiple choice
- BTrue/false
- CMatching
- DEssay
- EShort Answer
- FCompletion
3What is not a component of a good MC question?
- AStem
- BDistractor
- CCorrect alternative
- DBranch
4A good MC test:
- Ahas only one correct alternative
- Bincludes as much as possible in the stem to avoid repetition
- Chas grammatically parallel alternatives
- Dhas alternatives of similar lengths
- Eavoids ridiculous distractors
- Fis not excessively long
- Ghas irrelevant distractors
5True-false items have _______ discrimination than MC questions
- Amore
- Bless
- Cequal
- Dmore significant
6Which of the following is not a disadvantage of true-false questions?
- ALow discrimination
- BErrors are not diagnostic
- CHigh guessing rate
- DDifficult to construct
7Selection type items are typical of [blank_start]personality[blank_end] tests
Supply type items are typical of [blank_start]achievement[blank_end] tests- Apersonality
- Bachievement
- Cachievement
- Dpersonality
8Which of the following is not a disadvantage of essays?
- ARestriction of range of subject matter
- BWriting ability and expression can mask peoples' knowledge and skills
- CScoring is subjective
- DHard to write plausible distractors
9What should you do when compiling a test?
- APut similar items together in sections
- BPut dissimilar items together in sections
- CPut items in order of increasing difficulty
- DBegin with the hardest question then the easiest, then gradually increase difficulty
- EEvenly distribute difficult questions
- FWrite clear instructions
- GAvoid giving too much information away in the instructions
10When should item analysis be done?
- AIn a pilot study (before reliability and validity studies)
- BRetrospectively
- CAfter the reliability study but before the validity study
- DAfter the validity study but before the reliability study
11What tells us where the error is coming from?
- AItem analysis
- BConstruct validity
- CFace validity
- DContent validity
- Erxy
12What does the following calculation tell us?
people who got it right/total number of people- ADifficulty
- BDiscrimination
- CEffectiveness of distractors
- DGuessing rate
13What is not true of item difficulty (p)?
- Aranges from 0 to 1
- Bideally, we want p=.5
- C1 is too easy
- D0 is too easy
14Discrimination ([blank_start]d[blank_end]) ranges between [blank_start]-1[blank_end] and [blank_start]+1[blank_end]
- Ad
- B-1
- C+1
15When do we check the effectiveness of the distractors?
- AWhen p and d aren't great
- BWhen p is low but d is high
- CWhen p is high but d is low
- DWhen there is no variability in the sample
16[blank_start]d= -1[blank_end] means all the low-achievers got it right but none of the high achievers got it right
[blank_start]d= 0[blank_end] means equal numbers of high and low achievers got it right
[blank_start]d= +1[blank_end] means all the high-achievers got it right but none of the low achievers got it right- Ad= -1
- Bd= 0
- Cd= +1
- Dd=0.5
17What is the ideal discrimination index?
- Ad= -1
- Bd= 0
- Cd= +1
- Dd= 0.5
18Out of 40 participants, 13 in the top 50% got the item correct, whilst 6 in the bottom 50% got it correct. What is the index of discrimination?
- A0.35
- B0.175
- C0.3
- D-0.3
19Out of 30 participants, 2 people in the top 50% got the item wrong, whilst 11 people in the bottom 50% got it wrong. What is the index of discrimination?
- Ad=0.6
- Bp=0.6
- Cd=0.3
- Dp= -0.3
- Ed= -0.3
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- Quiz on Test Construction, created by Jennifer Khouw on 11/04/2018.
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- Jennifer Khouw
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