Exam 8: Test Development

The inspiration to create a new test may come from many varied sources.Thinking of the illustrative descriptions of inspiration cited in your text,which of the following is NOT a possible source of inspiration for the creation of a new test?

One of the advantages of computerized adaptive testing (CAT)is that

A "good" test item on an ability test is one

In general,what can be said about an item analysis of a speeded test?

Which scaling method entails a process by which measures of item difficulty are obtained from samples of testtakers who vary in ability?

The elements of a multiple-choice item include

A sensitivity review typically focuses on which the following?

A strategy for cheating on an examination entails one testtaker memorizing items and later recalling and reciting them for the benefit of a future testtaker.This cheating strategy may be countered by

What is the value of the item-discrimination index for an item answered correctly by an equal number of students in the higher- and lower-scoring groups?

Item-discrimination indexes can range from

An item-difficulty index can range from

Which is TRUE of Thurstone's equal-appearing intervals method of scaling?

On an item characteristic curve,the steeper the curve,

A test item functions differently in one group of testtakers as compared to another group of testtakers known to have the same level of an underlying trait.This phenomenon is known as:

What is the optimal item-difficulty level for a true-false item?

Who is best associated with the development of the scaling methodology?

Computer-adaptive testing has been found to

Which is TRUE of item analysis on speeded tests?

The term used to describe the decrease in item validities that typically occurs during cross-validation is

Test developers calculate an item-validity index to: