The difficulty of test items that measure more than one ability

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The difficulty of test items that measure more than one ability

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1985

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Many test items require more than one ability to obtain a correct response. This article proposes a multidimensional index of item difficulty that can be used with items of this type. The proposed index describes multidimensional item difficulty as the direction in the multidimensional space in which the item provides the most information and the distance in that direction to the most informative point. The multidimensional difficulty is derived for a particular item response theory model and an example of its application is given using the ACT Mathematics Usage Test.

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Reckase, Mark D. (1985). The difficulty of test items that measure more than one ability. Applied Psychological Measurement, 9, 401-412. doi:10.1177/014662168500900409

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Reckase, Mark D.. (1985). The difficulty of test items that measure more than one ability. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/102195.

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