A Comparison of Three Equating Procedures on the Certifying Examination for Primary Care Physician's Assistants.

Autor/in	Bell, Anita I.
Titel	A Comparison of Three Equating Procedures on the Certifying Examination for Primary Care Physician's Assistants.
Quelle	(1979), (9 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Comparative Analysis; Difficulty Level; Educational Trends; Equated Scores; Item Analysis; Multiple Choice Tests; Norms; Performance Tests; Physicians Assistants; Postsecondary Education; Raw Scores; Standards; Statistical Analysis; Test Items; Work Sample Tests + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schwierigkeitsgrad; Bildungsentwicklung; Itemanalyse; Multiple choice examinations; Multiple-choice tests, Multiple-choice examinations; Multiple-Choice-Verfahren; Normwert; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsermittlung; Leistungsmessung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Standard; Statistische Analyse; Test content; Testaufgabe
Abstract	An equating study was conducted on the Certifying Examination for Primary Care Physician's Assistants to compare the ability of current examinees with the standardization group and to determine if current test items are more difficult than previous items. Using 46 common items from the multiple choice section, the 1978 exam was equated to the 1976 version by four methods: Rasch, linear raw, linear short-cut, and traditional item statistics. Raw scores for the current examination, scored traditionally and equated to the 1976 test by the four methods, reflect the fact that current examinees performed better on the 46 common items than the reference examinees. Only the Rasch model however, was able to confirm that items on the current test were more difficult. This model can be used to determine whether or not examination standards should be raised as training programs improve. (CP)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC