A comment on the effects of task content on proportional reasoning test items

1989 ◽  
Vol 26 (7) ◽  
pp. 649-650
Author(s):  
John A. Ross
Keyword(s):  
Proportional Reasoning ◽  
Test Items ◽  
Reasoning Test ◽  
Task Content

Conditional Reasoning: An Integrated Approach to Item Analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 124-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel R. Smith ◽  
Michael E. Hoffman ◽  
James M. LeBreton
Keyword(s):  
Item Analysis ◽  
Classical Test Theory ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Conditional Reasoning ◽  
Test Theory ◽  
Analytic Framework ◽  
Test Items ◽  
Classical Test ◽  
Reasoning Test ◽  
Unique Nature

This article provides a review of the approach that James used when conducting item analyses on his conditional reasoning test items. That approach was anchored in classical test theory. Our article extends this work in two important ways. First, we offer a set of test development protocols that are tailored to the unique nature of conditional reasoning tests. Second, we further extend James’s approach by integrating his early test validation protocols (based on classical test theory) with more recent protocols (based on item response theory). We then apply our integrated item analytic framework to data collected on James’s first test, the conditional reasoning test for relative motive strength. We illustrate how this integrated approach furnishes additional diagnostic information that may allow researchers to make more informed and targeted revisions to an initial set of items.

The effect of task content upon proportional reasoning

1988 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter L. Saunders ◽  
Joseph Jesunathadas
Keyword(s):  
Proportional Reasoning ◽  
Task Content

Characteristics of the Conditional Reasoning of Educable Retardates

1978 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 519-528
Author(s):  
Richard F. Antonak ◽  
James J. Roberge
Keyword(s):  
Mental Retardation ◽  
Conditional Reasoning ◽  
The Other ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Test Items ◽  
Reasoning Strategies ◽  
Reasoning Test ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
Educable Mentally Retarded

A pictorial conditional reasoning test was administered to three cross-sectional groups of educable mentally retarded (EMR) children and adolescents. The test items varied according to principle of inference and type of content. An analysis of variance of the number of correct judgments showed a significant main effect for principle of inference. On the other hand, the expected differences for age group and type of content were not found. An examination of the explanations associated with correct and incorrect judgments revealed that retardates’ reasoning strategies were congruent with those reported for younger normals in previous studies. The results are discussed in terms of contemporary conceptions of mental retardation and education for the retarded.

A Refined Item Digraph Analysis of a Proportional Reasoning Test

1990 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
William M. Bart ◽  
Ruth Williams-Morris
Keyword(s):  
Proportional Reasoning ◽  
Reasoning Test
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