Evaluation of the effect of items’ format and type on psychometric properties of sixth year pharmacy students clinical clerkship assessment items

Table 2 Item Performance Characteristics Based on Item measured ILO Level

Performance Characteristics	Remembering and Understanding Skills Mean (SD)	Analysis Skills Mean (SD)	Application Skills Mean (SD)	Evaluation and Creation Skills Mean (SD)
Level of Difficulty^a	68.2 (13.3)^b	56.4 (21.8)	63.2 (20.4)	63.2 (22.4)
Discriminating Index^c	.41 (.19)^d	.40 (.18)^d	.22 (.15)	.25 (.10)
Point biserial^e	.39 (.16)^d	.38 (.16)^d	.21 (.14)	.23 (.14)

ILO Intended Learning Outcome
N 173
^a Model is significant, F (3,169) = 3.7, p = 0.012
^b significant difference between pairwise comparisons over Analysis skills
^c Model is significant, F (3,169) = 12.7, p < 0.001
^d significant difference between pairwise comparisons over application skills and evaluation and creation skills
^c Model is significant, F (3,169) = 14.4, p < 0.001

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