Test Constructors Can Improve Test Reliability by

question 48

Multiple Choice

Test constructors can improve test reliability by

• A)increasing the number of items.
• B)decreasing the number of items.
• C)retaining items that have the most face validity.
• D)reducing the item to total correlation.

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Definitions:

Grammatical Rules

Guidelines in a language that dictate how words and phrases should be structured to convey clear and correct meaning.

Functional Fixedness

A mental shortcut that restricts an individual to employing an item solely in its conventional manner, obstructing innovative thinking and the ability to solve problems.

Availability Heuristic

A cognitive bias where people judge the likelihood of events based on how easily examples come to mind.

Elimination-by-aspects Strategy

A decision-making process where choices are sequentially eliminated based on whether they fail to meet certain criteria.