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Table 4 Psychometric properties by individual test item

From: Validation of the modified Fresno Test: assessing physical therapists' evidence based practice knowledge and skills

 

Reliability

  

Pass Rate

Item

Inter-rater

(n = 108)

Intra-rater 1

(n = 22)

Intra-rater 2

(n = 22)

IDI

(n = 108)

ITC

(n = 108)

All

(n = 108)

Novice

(n = 31)

Trained

(n = 50)

Expert

(n = 27)

p-value†

1

0.92

0.97

0.95

0.39

0.44

75%

68%

74%

85%

0.30

2

0.90

0.83

0.96

0.46

0.40

71%

68%

74%

70%

0.83

3

0.89

0.95

0.89

0.64

0.65

56%

32%

60%

78%

< 0.01

4

0.83

0.87

0.81

0.68

0.64

80%

52%

92%

89%

< 0.01

5

0.73

0.96

0.81

0.61

0.52

56%

39%

56%

74%

0.03

6

0.69

0.77

0.62

0.46

0.52

76%

61%

72%

100%

< 0.01

7

0.78

0.91

0.72

0.54

0.66

24%

3%

18%

59%

< 0.01

8

0.47

0.62

0.95

0.61

0.46

36%

42%

78%

81%

< 0.01

9

0.41

0.76

0.78

0.25

0.20

65%

58%

66%

70%

0.60

10

0.99

0.99

1.0

0.50

0.57

17%

3%

2%

59%

< 0.01

11

0.96

0.97

0.96

0.29

0.62

10%

0%

4%

33%

< 0.01

12

0.61

0.91

0.67

0.39

0.41

20%

10%

12%

48%

< 0.01

13

0.91

1.0

1.0

0.54

0.48

25%

19%

14%

52%

< 0.01

14

0.94

1.0

1.0

0.54

0.44

38%

16%

32%

74%

< 0.01

  1. † Chi-square analysis for difference in pass rate between EBP-novice PT students, EBP-trained PT students, and EBP-expert PT faculty
  2. IDI = Item Discrimination Index, ITC = Item-total correlation