For general instructions, navigating, and actions related to Analysis Templates see Analysis Templates.

The following are details specific to Analysis Type: Item Analysis - Classical. 

When you are creating, editing, or duplicating an analysis template for Item Analysis - Classical, the following sub-menus and options are available:  

Processing Options
  • Combine Item Responses
    • single select option to configure if responses should be combined by accession # across forms/AUs or analyze the response within the specific form/AU
  • Edit Equivalent Values
    • single select option to edit equivalent values by type or value, if required
  • Max Popular Wrong Responses
    • single selection option to configure the maximum number of wrong responses for calculation and graphing purposes
  • Treatment of Omitted Selected Responses
    • toggle to exclude or include omitted Selected Responses.
  • Treatment of Omitted Constructed Responses
    • toggle to exclude or include omitted Constructed Responses.
  • Treatment of Not Reached Selected Responses
    • toggle to exclude or include not reached Selected Responses.
  • Treatment of Not Reached Constructed Responses
    • toggle to exclude or include not reached Constructed Responses
  • Automated Constructed Response Scoring Contributory Score
    • single select option for treatment of automated constructed response scoring contributory score by category weight or precise item score.

The image below shows all default selections for Processing Options:

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Correlations & Reliabilities 
  • Correlation(s) to Compute
    • multi-select option for correlations to compute
  • Correlation to Use for Flagging
    • single select option driven by configured correlations to compute
  • Correlation Calculation: Remove Item from Criterion Score
    • toggle to remove item from criterion score when calculating the correlation. Option is intended to be used when criterion score is a scaled score.
  • Produce Reliabilities
    • single select option 
    • If 'No' is selected, no further options are displayed
    • If 'Linear Form' is selected:
      • Reliability Calculation Options
        • single select option to configure the treatment of omits and not reached for reliability calculation purposes
      • Produce Reliabilities by
        • multi-select option 
    • If 'ISD Form' is selected:
      • Reliability Calculation Options
        • single select option to configure the treatment of omits and not reached for reliability calculation purposes.
      • Produce Reliabilities by
        • single select option 
      • ISD Testlets Identified by
        • manual entry text boxes to indicate the start position and length of the Testlet Type in AU Test Measure Type. 

Produce Reliabilities for a Linear Form:

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Produce Reliabilities for an ISD Form:

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EIRC & High Ability Group Options 
  • Produce Smoothed Empirical Item Response Curves
    • If toggle is set to 'No', no further options are displayed
    • If toggle is set to 'Yes':
      • Confidence Shading
        • option to configure confidence band around the correct responses in the EIRC curve.
      • Additional Partial Credit Item Curves
        • if toggle is set to 'No', no further options are displayed
        • if toggle is set to 'Yes':
          • multi-select option to include optional graphs other than Smoothed % Choosing for partial credit items
  • High Ability Group Selection Method
    • If 'None' is selected, no further options are displayed
    • If 'Constant N%' is selected:
      • manual entry text box to indicate the top % to define as the high ability group
    • if 'Volume Based N%' is selected:
      • table with manual entry text boxes where user can configure different percentages to define the high ability group within specific volume ranges
        • '+ Add Range' adds more rows to the table (max of 10) 
        • Note: N's must be continuous and non-overlapping.

Example with Constant N% for High Ability Group Selection Method:

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Volume Based N% for High Ability Group Selection Method:

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Validation message for Ns:

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Flag Items
If toggle is set to 'No', no further options display.
If toggle is set to 'Yes', all flags are selected by default and pre-populated with default values. 
 
List of flags available (see below list for details on Group By options):
  • ​​​v - Low N
    • manual entry text box  (value must be > 0)
    • apply flag if sample size does not meet threshold
  • r - Low Correlation With Criterion
    • manual entry text box (valid values 0.0 - 1.0)
    • apply flag if result is less than entered value
    • Group by Item Scoring or Response
  • A - Low Average Item Score
    • manual entry text box (valid values 0.0 - 1.0)
    • apply flag if result is less than entered value
    • Group by Item Scoring, Response or Number of Choices
  • J - Low PPlus
    • manual entry text box (valid values 0.0 - 1.0)
    • apply flag if result is less than entered value
    • Group by Item Scoring, Response or Number of Choices

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  • H - High Average Item Score
    • manual entry text box (valid values 0.0 - 1.0)
    • apply flag if result is greater than entered value
    • Group by Item Scoring or Response
  • Q - High PPlus
    • manual entry text box (valid values 0.0 - 1.0)
    • apply flag if result is greater than entered value
    • Group by Item Scoring or Response
  • L - Low Percentage At Score Level
    • manual entry text box (valid values 1 - 99)
    • apply flag if result value is less than % entered
    • Group by Item Scoring or Response

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  • N - High Percent Omits + Not Reached
    • manual entry text box (valid values 1 - 99)
    • apply flag if result value is greater than % entered
    • Group by Item Scoring or Response
  • O - High Percent Omits
    • manual entry text box (valid values 1 - 99)
    • apply flag if result value is greater than % entered
    • Group by Item Scoring or Response
  • S - High Ability Group Choosing Distractor
    • manual entry text box (valid values 1 - 99)
    • apply flag if result value is greater than % entered
    • Group by Item Scoring, Response or Number of Choices


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  • D - High Ability Group Choosing Distractor Over Key
    • Group by Item Scoring, Response or Evaluation
    • One or two options can be selected within each Group by category
    • Option to Include Differences of Distractor and Key proportion that are within a specified % value (valid values 1 - 99)
  • M - Mean Distractor Score Greater Than Key
    • Group by Item Scoring, Response or Evaluation
    • One or two options can be selected within each Group by category
    • Option to Include Differences of Distractor and Key Mean that are within a specified value (value must be > 0)
  • P - Distractor With Positive Correlation
    • manual entry text box (valid values 0.0 - 1.0)
    • apply flag if result is greater than entered value
    • Group by Item Scoring, Response or Evaluation


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Group By options include:
  • Item Scoring
    • Dichotomous
    • Polytomous
  • Response
    • Selected
    • Free
  • Evaluation
    • Subjective
    • Objective
  • Number of Choices 
    • 'Choices <='
    • 'Choices ='
    • 'Choices >='
    • 'Choices N/A'
      • Number of choices need to be continuous and non-overlapping

For a list of item types included in each classification see Flags and Automated Comments - Psychometric Analysis and Research Statistical Analysis Engine - Confluence (ets.org)



Delta Options
  • Compare Deltas
    • If toggle is set to 'No', no further options display.
    • If toggle is set to 'Yes':
      • Option to select 'Equate Item Statistics' in Test Settings is removed.
  • When using a template with Compare Deltas to generate a request, a warning will display in Request Details prompting the user to import a file with Reference Delta values to use in the comparison.  See Request Details for more information.

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Statistics Tags
Once all required selections in the Analysis Template tab have been entered, the Statistics Tags tab becomes available. 
  • Item Analysis - Classical templates have item-level tags and test-level tags available to be configured.
  • Tags selected in the analysis template are the default tags used in an analysis request using that template.  Tag overrides can be performed for the following:

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Viewing an Item Analysis - Classical analysis template displays the options as seen below:

Processing Options

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Correlations & Reliabilities 

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EIRC & High Ability Group Options 

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Flag Options

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Delta Options  

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In the Statistics Tags tab:
  • Check marks show default item-level and test-level tag selections configured during template creation.  

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For Test Settings details see Test Settings for Item Analysis - Classical
For Request Details information see Request Details
For Statistics and Visualizations available for Item Analysis see Visualize Results
For Statistics Tags definitions and uses see Tagging Statistics
 

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