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Instructional Sensitivity Statistics Appropriate for Objectives-Based Test Items. CSE Report No. 91.
Kosecoff, Jacqueline B.; Klein, Stephen P. – 1974
Two types of sensitivity indices were developed in this paper, one internal to the total test and the second external. To evaluate the success of these statistics the three criteria suggested for a satisfactory index of item quality were considered. The Internal Sensitivity Index appears to meet these demands. Certainly it is easily computed. In…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Correlation, Criterion Referenced Tests, Evaluation Methods