Development, administration, and validity evidence of a subspecialty preparatory test toward licensure: a pilot study

Table 1 Examinee perception of item clarity and level of difficulty

Item	Clarity (% clear)	Level of difficulty^a (% reporting)	Item	Clarity (% clear)	Level of difficulty^a (% reporting)
1	100	1 (80); 2 (20)	29	100	1 (20); 2 (20); 3 (30); 4 (30)
2	100	1 (20); 2 (40); 3 (40)	30	100	1 (80); 2 (20)
3	100	1 (40); 2 (40); 3 (20)	31	100	1 (10); 2 (60); 3 (40)
4	100	1 (50); 2 (50)	32	100	1 (10); 2 (10); 3 (30); 4 (30); 5 (20)
5	100	1 (40); 2 (60)	33	100	1 (90); 2 (10)
6	100	2 (20); 3 (60); 4 (20)	34	100	2 (100)
7	100	1 (20); 2 (80)	35	60	2 (30); 3 (40); 4 (30)
8	90	3 (60); 4 (30); 5 (10)	36	100	1 (30); 2 (50); 3 (20)
9	80	2 (40); 3 (50); 4 (10)	37	100	1 (50); 2 (40); 4 (10)
10	100	1 (20); 2 (80)	38	100	2 (50); 4 (50)
11	100	3 (20); 4 (70); 5 (10)	39	70	1 (30); 2 (40); 3 (30)
12	80	1 (30); 2 (50); 3 (20)	40	100	1 (90); 2 (10)
13	100	1 (20); 2 (80)	41	100	2 (30); 3 (70)
14	100	1 (20); 2 (50); 3 (30)	42	100	3 (20); 4 (50); 5 (30)
15	70	2 (50); 3 (50)	43	100	1 (60); 2 (40)
16	100	1 (40); 2 (60)	44	100	1 (70); 2 (30)
17	100	1 (80); 2 (20)	45	100	3 (40); 4 (40); 5 (20)
18	100	1 (10); 2 (50); 3 (40)	46	80	1 (70); 2 (30)
19	100	2 (30); 3 (70)	47	100	1 (70); 2 (20); 3 (10)
20	100	3 (40); 4 (60)	48	60	1 (20); 2 (20); 3 (60)
21	100	1 (20); 2 (30); 3 (40); 4 (10)	49	50	2 (20); 3 (60); 4 (20)
22	100	1 (10); 3 (30); 4 (60)	50	100	1 (80); 2 (20)
23	100	2 (30); 3 (40); 4 (30)	51	100	2 (5); 4 (50)
24	100	3 (10); 4 (50); 5 (40)	52	100	2 (10); 3 (50); 4 (40)
25	100	3 (20); 4 (60); 5 (20)	53	100	2 (60); 3 (20); 4 (20)
26	100	2 (30); 3(70)	54	100	1 (10); 2 (50); 3 (40)
27	100	2 (30); 3 (50); 4 (20)	55	100	1 (20); 2 (80)
28	100	3 (50); 4 (50)

^aDifficulty scale: 1, not difficult; 2, somewhat difficult; 3, difficult; 4, more difficult; 5, very difficult

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