Author Question: If an Item Characteristic Curve has a steep upward slope, this indicates that a) there is a weak ... (Read 26 times)

mydiamond · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

If an Item Characteristic Curve has a steep upward slope, this indicates that

a) there is a weak relationship between test scores and responses to the particular item illustrated in the graph
b) an item has negative discriminating power
c) people who did well on the test are less likely to do well on this particular item
d) people who did well on the test are much more likely to answer the item correctly

Question 2

When comparing a score to grade norms, the grade equivalent of a given score is

a) normal and deviations are considered abnormal
b) the median score of the norm group
c) the mean score of the norm group
d) the mean score of children that age