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Item-Score Reliability in Empirical-Data Sets and Its Relationship with Other Item Indices
Zijlmans, Eva A. O.; Tijmstra, Jesper; van der Ark, L. Andries; Sijtsma, Klaas
Educational and Psychological Measurement, v78 n6 p998-1020 Dec 2018
Reliability is usually estimated for a total score, but it can also be estimated for item scores. Item-score reliability can be useful to assess the repeatability of an individual item score in a group. Three methods to estimate item-score reliability are discussed, known as method MS, method [lambda][subscript 6], and method CA. The item-score reliability methods are compared with four well-known and widely accepted item indices, which are the item-rest correlation, the item-factor loading, the item scalability, and the item discrimination. Realistic values for item-score reliability in empirical-data sets are monitored to obtain an impression of the values to be expected in other empirical-data sets. The relation between the three item-score reliability methods and the four well-known item indices are investigated. Tentatively, a minimum value for the item-score reliability methods to be used in item analysis is recommended.
Descriptors: Test Items, Test Reliability, Correlation, Comparative Analysis, Scores, Methods, Item Analysis
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