Title

Connotatively Inconsistent Test Items

Authors

Authors

L. Chang

Comments

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Appl. Meas. Educ.

Keywords

Education & Educational Research; Psychology, Educational; Psychology, ; Mathematical

Abstract

An item is defined as connotatively consistent (CC) or connotatively inconsistent (CI) when its connotation agrees with or contradicts that shared by the majority of items on a test. This definition is more accurate than what have been referred to as negative versus positive items. The study examined the equivalence of CC and CI items using convenience samples of college students' responses to the Life Orientation Test (Scheier & Carver, 1985). Confirmatory factor analysis results showed that CC and CI items measured correlated but distinct traits. Practical and theoretical implications of these findings are discussed.

Journal Title

Applied Measurement in Education

Volume

8

Issue/Number

3

Publication Date

1-1-1995

Document Type

Article

DOI Link

http://dx.doi.org/10.1207/s15324818ame0803_1

Language

English

First Page

199

Last Page

209

WOS Identifier

WOS:A1995TH11400001

ISSN

0895-7347

Recommended Citation

"Connotatively Inconsistent Test Items" (1995). Faculty Bibliography 1990s. 1305.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib1990/1305