Table 10.5 Item most-unexpected observations

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Table 10.5 displays the item response strings with the most-unexpected responses.

 

MOST UNEXPECTED RESPONSES                                            

ACT                       MEASURE  |KID                              

                                   |414 2377166764321 35324  14 13725

                                   |175753419573245754256679649520293

                                high---------------------------------

    18 GO ON PICNIC         -3.15 D|...........0....1....1....1......

    19 GO TO ZOO            -2.48 H|.......0..........1..1...........

    20 WATCH BUGS            1.83 C|.......2...2....2..........1..21.

    23 WATCH A RAT           2.18 A|1.0....2.2.....2.......22.211122.

     5 FIND BOTTLES AND CANS 2.42 B|.0.....2.2....2.....2.212.112..11

                                   |-----------------------------low-

                                   |414723771667643214353249614513725

                                   |175 5341957324575 25667  49 20293

 

In this Table, the items (rows) are sorted by measure, ascending.

 

The persons (columns) are sorted by measure, descending. The most-able person (highest-scoring) is on the left. The person entry-numbers are in each column (vertically). In the Figure, the first is person 41. The persons shown are those with the most-unexpected responses. UCOUNT= sets the maximum number of persons to report. LINELENGTH= controls the width of the table.

 

Each row contains:

Item entry number

Item label

Item measure

Item letter (A-Z) in the plot in Tables 8 and 9.

The responses to the items:

0, 1, 2 and numeric values

Scored unexpected-responses

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Expected responses, standardized residuals < |2|

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Missing data

 

The 26 items with the most-unexpected individual responses are shown, excluding those with no unexpected responses on the displayed items.