Item Response Theory Does All of the Following EXCEPT

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Multiple Choice

Item Response Theory does all of the following EXCEPT

• A) encourages you to think about why people answer items correctly
• B) defines difficulty in terms of the level of ability needed to answer the item correctly
• C) links item responses to total test scores rather than to the construct the test is designed to measure
• D) has become the dominant theme in modern psychometric research

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