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PSEUDO-GUESSING PARAMETER [1 record]

Record 1 2017-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
DEF

[A] parameter that reflects the probability that an examinee with a very low trait level will correctly answer an item solely by guessing.

Key term(s)
  • pseudoguessing parameter

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
CONT

Paramètre de pseudo-chance (d'un item) [...] même s'il ne possède aucune compétence dans le domaine faisant l'objet de l'évaluation, [un sujet] a une probabilité non nulle de répondre correctement en choisissant au hasard l'une des options proposées.

Key term(s)
  • paramètre de pseudochance

Spanish

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