Psychometrics - Test Specification Flashcards
1
Q
12 steps to develop a measure
A
- Overall goal and pre-planning
- Content definition
- Test specification
- Item development
- Test design and assembly
- Test production
- Test administration
- Scoring responses
- Establishing passing scores
- Reporting results
- Item banking
- Test technical support
2
Q
7 components covered in test specification
A
- Response format
- Item format
- Test length
- All the content areas of the constructs tested
- Whether items or prompts will contain visual stimuli
- How test scores will be interpreted
- Time limits
3
Q
Decisions with test response format
A
Selected vs constructed vs performance
Objective vs subjective
4
Q
Decisions on item formats
A
Open ended vs forced choice
Sentence completion or performance based are options
5
Q
What is the key factor to assess when looking at test length?
A
The amount of administration time available
6
Q
Issue with tests that are too long
A
The compliance of the participants lowers, due to fatigue or boredom
7
Q
Test blueprint
A
Columns: content areas
Rows: manifestation
