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Development of the Novice Nurse Practitioner Role Transition Scale: An Exploratory Factor Analysis

Posted: | Hilary Barnes, Asefeh Faraz Covelli, Jonathan D. Rubright

Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners: January 2022 - Volume 34 - Issue 1 - p 78-88

The purpose of this study was to develop and examine the initial factor structure of a novel instrument that measures NNPRT.

Category:Assessment-Oriented Research, Other, Health Professions

Impact of Both Local Item Dependencies and Cut-Point Locations on Examinee Classifications

Posted: | J. D. Rubright

Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 37: 40-45

 

This simulation study demonstrates that the strength of item dependencies and the location of an examination systems’ cut‐points both influence the accuracy (i.e., the sensitivity and specificity) of examinee classifications. Practical implications of these results are discussed in terms of false positive and false negative classifications of test takers.

Category:Assessment-Oriented Research, General Measurement, Scoring