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Step 10: Conduct Key Clear<strong>an</strong>ce<br />

Questions we ask during key clear<strong>an</strong>ce:<br />

• Item difficulty (p-values)<br />

• What percent of c<strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong>idates select the keyed response<br />

• Is the item overly difficult or too easy<br />

• Item point biserial correlations<br />

• Does highest pbi correspond to the keyed response<br />

• Variation within the distribution of response options<br />

• How often is each response option being endorsed<br />

• Are ―top‖ c<strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong>idates endorsing the keyed response<br />

• Which response options are being endorsed by poorer<br />

performers<br />

• <strong>In</strong>ternal consistency reliability<br />

• What would happen if a low performing item was dropped<br />

<strong>IPAC</strong> Annual Conference 2011<br />

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