PSYC 545 Quiz Test Construction

PSYC 545 Quiz: Item Writing / Test Construction & Test Fairness

1. If 50 students were administered a classroom test, how many would be included in each group for the purpose of calculating d, the item- discrimination index?
2. A student complains that a midterm examination did not include items from a particular in-class lecture. From a psychometric perspective, the students is expressing concern about the midterm’s
3. The Rasch model offers a way to model the probability that
4. Ability tests are typically standardized on a sample that is representative of the general population and selected on the basis of variables such as
5. Which is NOT a typical question that is raised and answered during the test conceptualization stage of test development?
6. In ipsative scoring, a testtaker’s scores are compared to
7. A decision is made to use only a few subjects per item during the test tryout phase of a test’s construction. This decision is MOST LIKELY to lead to
8. All of the following are components of a multiple-choice item EXCEPT
9. Item analysis is conducted to evaluate
10. A sensitivity review panel would most likely be made up of
11. Which is TRUE of cross-validation of a test after standardization has occurred?
12. The optimal level of item difficulty is MOST typically
13. Which is TRUE of Thurstone’s equal-appearing intervals method of scaling?
14. A disadvantage of recruiting asexual research subjects from a single online community is that
15. In his article entitled “A Method of Scaling Psychological and Educational Tests,” L. L. Thurstone introduced absolute scaling which was a
16. The think aloud test administration format
17. Factor analysis can help the test developer
18. A student makes the following complaint after taking an exam: “I spent all night studying Chapter 7 and there wasn’t even one test question from that chapter!” From a psychometric perspective, this student is concerned about the exam’s
19. Item branching refers to
20. Asexuality
21. Ideally, the first draft of a test should include at least how many items as compared with the final version of the test?
22. According to the text, which statement is TRUE of scaling?
23. Having a large item pool available during test revision is
24. Who is best associated with the development of the scaling methodology?
25. As the result of a sensitivity review, items containing ________ may be eliminated from a test.