Abstract Background Mode effects, the variations in item and scale properties attributed to mode of test administration (paper vs. computer), have stimulated research around equivalence trend estimation PISA. The PISA assessment framework provides backbone interpretation results scores. However, an identified gap current literature is whether effects affected score as defined by framework, inte...

equating test scores is an important issue in large scale testing. almost all standardized tests have several forms which vary in difficulty. new forms are written and added every year. when the items in different forms of a test vary in difficulty, direct comparison of test-takers who have taken different forms and are at the same ability level is not possible; hence, the issue of test fairnes...

Medical Surgical Nursing is one of the major subjects in nursing. This study examined the validity and reliability of the achievement examination utilizing the Classical Test Theory and Item Response Theory. The study answered the following objectives specifically : ( a) To establish the validity and reliability of the achievement examination utilizing Classical Test Theory and Item Response Th...

Objectives: There should be an objective analysis on the academic competency for incorporating Computer-based Test (CBT) in education of traditional Korean medicine (TKM). However, Item Response Theory (IRT) analyzing latent has not been introduced its difficulty calculation, interpretation and utilization.Methods: The current study analyzed responses 390 students 8 years to herbology test with...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE This study describes the development of a Rasch-built scale measuring activity limitations in stroke patients, named ACTIVLIM-Stroke. METHOD This new Rasch-built measure was constructed based on stroke patients' perceptions of difficulty in performing daily activities. Patients were recruited from inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation departments in Belgium and Benin....

BACKGROUND Psychological constructionist models like the Conceptual Act Theory (CAT) postulate that complex states such as emotions are composed of basic psychological ingredients that are more clearly respected by the brain than basic emotions. The objective of this study was the construction and initial validation of Emotion Knowledge measures from the CAT frame by means of an invariant measu...

In more than one respect, visual search for the most salient or the least salient item in a display are different kinds of visual tasks. The present work investigated whether this difference is primarily one of perceptual difficulty, or whether it is more fundamental and relates to visual attention. Display items of different salience were produced by varying either size, contrast, color satura...

AIM To develop and psychometrically test the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit-Nursing Knowledge and Skills Test - a multiple-choice test for measuring the key nursing knowledge and skills required for safe, competent practice. BACKGROUND Intensive care graduate nurse residency or orientation programmes are key strategies in the development of safe and competent practitioners. Essential to these...