The Method of Item Analysis Which Looks at the Correlation

question 22

Multiple Choice

The method of item analysis which looks at the correlation between performance on an item (correct or incorrect) and total test score is

• A)the extreme group method.
• B)the tetrachoric method.
• C)the point-biserial method.
• D)the item characteristic curve method.

---

Definitions:

Linear Equations

Equations of the first degree, meaning they involve only first-degree variables and constants, typically having a straight line as their graph.

Method Of Elimination

A technique used in solving systems of equations where one variable is eliminated by adding or subtracting the equations in order to solve for the other variable.

Fractions

A way of representing parts of a whole or a division of quantities.

Linear Equations

Equations that graph as straight lines and can be written in the form Ax + By = C, where A, B, and C are constants.