Sentence examples for test of item from inspiring English sources

The multitrait/multi-item correlation matrix also allows examination of the assumption that items are stronger measures of their hypothesized constructs than of other constructs (test of item discriminant validity).

According to the IQOLA protocol[ 7], an item was considered to have "succeeded" in the test of item discriminant validity if the correlation between an item and its hypothesized scale is statistically and significantly higher (i.e. > 2 standard errors) than the correlations between that item and all scales other than its hypothesized scale.

Test of item discriminant validity focus on the integrity of hypothesized item groupings relative to the health concepts hypothesized.

All WE-CARE items were significantly (P < 0.05) more highly correlated with the total score from their own domain (after removing the item from that domain) than with the total score from any other domain, thus satisfying the test of item-discriminant validity.

This is a test of items design.

This difference was significant when calculated via a paired sample t-test of item facility across all items (t=-6.358 t=-6.358p<0.001).

SIBTEST permits formal statistical testing of item DIF and DBF, and a magnitude measure, β.

Of the 69 tests of item correlation with a scale other than its own, 61 tests (88%) demonstrated item- discriminant validity.

Results of tests of item convergent validity, item discriminant validity, reliability, and floor and ceiling effects are presented in Table 4.

In addition, principal components analysis factor loadings (>0.48) and tests of item convergent/discriminant validity (>0.39) supported this finding, thus further indicating that all items in each of the scales passed the criteria (Tables 3, 4 and 5).

Test characteristics of item two of the CSI (suicidal thoughts) and MINI were compared.