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Attali, Yigal; Goldschmidt, Chanan – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1996
Sources of observed differences in difficulty between items in graph comprehension performance were studied using 132 items from the Psychometric Entrance Test, an Israeli college entrance examination. Results indicate that item difficulty can be predicted successfully on the basis of item characteristics and task demands. Implications for graph…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Comprehension, Difficulty Level, Foreign Countries