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Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training

Table 4 Correlations between difficulty-generating characteristics

From: Constructing and validating authentic assessments: the case of a new technology-based assessment of economic literacy

 

Item difficulty (field test)

Specificity

Cognition

Modelling

Authenticity

Item difficulty (field test)

1

    

Specificity

− .086

1

   

Cognition

− .364*

.525**

1

  

Modelling

− .176

.212

.365*

1

 

Authenticity

− .269

.477**

.445**

.371*

1

  1. *<.05, **<.01.
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