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Factors Affecting the Difficulty of Verbal Analogies.
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Roccas, Sonia; Moshinsky, Avital – Applied Measurement in Education, 2003
Examined factors affecting the difficulty of verbal analogies in a psychometric examination by characterizing 104 analogies using 5 defined attributes. Both knowledge and process attributes were found to contribute to the difficulty of verbal analogies assessed by 10 judges. (SLD)
Descriptors: Analogy, Difficulty Level, Judges, Knowledge Level
Does a Standard Reflect Minimal Competency of Examinees or Judge Competency?
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Chang, Lei; And Others – Applied Measurement in Education, 1996
The influence of judges' knowledge on standard setting for competency tests was studied with 17 judges who took an economics teacher certification test while setting competency standards using the Angoff procedure. Judges tended to set higher standards for items they answered correctly and lower standards for items they answered incorrectly. (SLD)
Descriptors: Competence, Difficulty Level, Economics, Judges