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MODELE POLYTOMIQUE REPONSES ITEM [1 record]

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Record 1 2004-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
  • Examinations and Competitions (Education)
OBS

A dichotomous test item has two categories: right/ left, yes/no, right/wrong, while polytomous items can have many categories: never/sometimes/often/always.

Key term(s)
  • polytomous-item response model

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
  • Docimologie
OBS

Un item dichotomique offre deux possibilités : vrai ou faux, oui ou non, bon ou mauvais, alors qu'un item polytomique offre davantage de possibilités : jamais, parfois, souvent ou toujours.

Spanish

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