An application of the Rasch model to reading comprehension measurement

Santos, Sandra; Cadime, Irene; Viana, Fernanda Leopoldina; Prieto, Gerardo; Chaves-Sousa, Séli; Spinillo, Alina Galvão; Ribeiro, Iolanda

doi:10.1186/s41155-016-0044-6

Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica

Psychology: Research and Review

Table 7 Psychometric properties of the items of the TRC-e-4 (69 items)

From: An application of the Rasch model to reading comprehension measurement

Item	b_i	SE	Infit	Outfit	r	Displace
FN3 ^IC	1.03^A	0.14	1.13	1.21	.25	0.09
FN4 ^IC	−0.69^A	0.18	0.83	0.70	.37	−0.20
FN5 ^LC	1.08^A	0.14	1.22	1.27	.17	0.14
FN6 ^IC	0.99^A	0.14	1.13	1.12	.27	0.02
FN8^LC	−0.74	0.18	0.88	0.69	.44	0.00
FN9^LC	0.34	0.14	0.96	0.94	.41	0.00
FN10^R	0.84	0.14	1.01	0.99	.38	0.00
FN12^CC	2.05	0.14	1.31	1.53	.03	0.00
C1^IC	0.16	0.15	1.01	0.98	.35	0.00
C2 ^IC	0.38^A	0.14	0.80	0.75	.42	−0.65
C3^R	0.37	0.14	0.98	0.94	.40	0.00
C4 ^LC	−0.49^A	0.17	0.94	0.81	.43	0.08
C5^IC	−0.58	0.17	0.85	0.62	.49	0.00
C6^IC	−0.83	0.18	0.97	1.03	.29	0.00
C7^LC	1.05	0.13	1.00	1.02	.39	0.00
C8^IC	0.68	0.14	1.09	1.09	.29	0.00
C9^R	0.99	0.14	0.99	0.99	.40	0.00
C10 ^LC	1.82^A	0.14	1.32	1.43	.15	−0.39
C11^IC	1.76	0.14	1.15	1.23	.22	0.00
C12^LC	−0.57	0.17	0.99	0.96	.31	0.00
C13^CC	1.17	0.14	1.02	1.04	.36	0.00
C14^R	0.03	0.15	1.00	1.01	.34	0.00
C15^IC	0.55	0.14	1.02	1.03	.35	0.00
C16^R	−0.31	0.16	0.86	0.79	.47	0.00
C17^IC	−0.51	0.17	0.89	0.81	.42	0.00
C18^IC	1.15	0.13	0.98	0.97	.42	0.00
C19 ^IC	−0.67^A	0.18	0.74	0.69	.42	−0.25
C20^LC	0.03	0.15	0.95	0.88	.41	0.00
BE2 ^LC	0.01^A	0.15	0.91	0.84	.46	0.03
BE3 ^IC	0.16^A	0.15	1.00	0.97	.41	0.14
BE4 ^IC	0.06^A	0.15	0.93	0.86	.35	−0.18
BE5 ^IC	−0.49^A	0.17	0.99	1.01	.31	0.01
BE6 ^IC	0.74^A	0.14	1.07	1.08	.35	0.22
BE7^IC	0.56	0.14	1.03	0.99	.35	0.00
BE8 ^R	0.12^A	0.15	1.06	1.05	.38	0.20
BE9 ^IC	0.77^A	0.14	1.04	1.06	.40	0.35
BE10^IC	0.07	0.15	0.89	0.79	.48	0.00
BE11 ^LC	−0.36^A	0.16	1.09	1.05	.31	0.14
BE12 ^LC	−0.15^A	0.16	1.32	1.34	.50	0.83
BE13 ^LC	−0.04^A	0.15	0.73	0.65	.50	−0.29
BE14 ^IC	0.49^A	0.14	0.75	0.67	.46	−0.88
BE15 ^LC	−0.08^A	0.15	0.85	0.85	.34	−0.34
BE16 ^LC	1.01^A	0.14	0.96	0.96	.43	0.07
BE17 ^IC	0.51^A	0.14	1.09	1.06	.41	0.39
BE19^LC	0.95	0.14	1.08	1.07	.30	0.00
BE20^IC	−0.48	0.17	1.00	1.09	.29	0.00
BE21^IC	1.27	0.14	1.16	1.19	.22	0.00
BE22^LC	0.48	0.14	1.11	1.10	.26	0.00
KS2^IC	0.87	0.14	1.04	1.03	.35	0.00
KS4 ^IC	−0.38^A	0.17	1.13	1.08	.34	0.23
KS5 ^IC	0.28^A	0.15	1.09	1.09	.34	0.19
KS6 ^IC	−0.51^A	0.18	0.66	0.62	.26	−0.84
KS7^IC	−0.20	0.16	0.97	0.84	.38	0.00
KS8 ^IC	−0.69^A	0.19	0.64	0.55	.33	−0.65
KS9 ^IC	0.18^A	0.15	0.88	0.78	.38	−0.33
KS10 ^CC	0.71^A	0.14	1.14	1.16	.33	0.42
KS12 ^LC	−0.52^A	0.18	0.99	0.88	.37	0.06
KS13 ^LC	1.22^A	0.14	1.15	1.25	.22	0.31
KS14 ^IC	0.31^A	0.15	0.72	0.62	.44	−0.90
KS15 ^IC	−0.14^A	0.16	0.90	0.84	.39	−0.12
KS16 ^LC	0.54^A	0.15	1.27	1.30	.39	0.91
KS17^IC	0.56	0.15	0.91	0.83	.49	0.00
KS18^LC	0.34	0.15	0.93	0.85	.45	0.00
KS19 ^IC	0.27^A	0.15	0.96	0.99	.38	−0.05
KS21^IC	−0.82	0.19	0.97	0.95	.29	0.00
KS22^IC	0.57	0.15	0.99	0.97	.38	0.00
KS23 ^R	0.76^A	0.14	1.01	1.06	.35	−0.09
KS24^IC	0.62	0.15	0.92	0.88	.47	0.00
KS25^IC	0.95	0.14	0.92	0.91	.47	0.00

Note. b _i item difficulty, SE standard error. Items are identified by the text to which they are related (FN fireflies’ night, C the caravels, BE observing birds in the estuary, KS the king Sebastian), followed by a number. The comprehension level assessed by each item is presented in superscript (LC literal comprehension, IC inferential comprehension, R reorganization, CC critical comprehension). Common items to the TRC-e-3 appear in bold. ^A = Anchor item with a fixed value

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