Psychology 2080A/B Lecture Notes - Visual Analogue Scale, Takers
9 Apr 2013
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Simple guidelines for item writing: 1. Define clearly what you want to measure: 2. Keep the to level of reading difficulty appropriate for those who will complete the scale: 5. Avoid double-barreled item that convey two or more ideas at the same time: 6. When writing items, you need to be sensitive to ethnic and cultural differences. Offers to alternatives for each items, usually a point is given for the selection of one of the alternatives. These tests are simple, they are easy to administer, and they are easy to score. The problems with true false is that students can just memorize the material and do very well, without ever understanding the material. To be reliable the test must include many items, because with 2 the chance of getting the correct answer is 50% Many personality tests require responses in a true-false. Because it re requires absolute judgment: the polytomous format.
