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Journal for Geometry and Graphics 13 (2009), No. 2, 231--240 Copyright Heldermann Verlag 2009 Qualitative Analysis of Subtest1 of the TPS Zuzana Juscáková National Institute for Certified Educational Measurements, P. O. Box 26, 830 00 Bratislava, Slovak Republic zuzana.juscakova@nucem.sk Renata A. Górska Faculty of Architecture A-6, University of Technology, Warszawska st. 24, 31-155 Kraków, Poland rgorska@pk.edu.pl The goal of this part of research is to provide a statistical analysis of the first part of the TPS test (the Spatial Imagination Test) developed by the first named author, namely that of Subtest1. The items of Subtest1 have been analyzed in context of their difficulty. An analysis of distracters has been provided, and the correlation between the task items of the test TPS and the standardized psychometric tests ISA and OTRS has been calculated. Keywords: Classical testing theory, item analysis, educational measurement, test development, spatial ability. MSC: 51N05 [ Fulltext-pdf (332 KB)] for subscribers only. |