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Educational Measurement and Evaluation

Notes Question Paper

Sets Section I Section II Section III
Q.1 Q.2 Q.3 Q.4 Q.5 Q.6
1. 0.270 0.280 0.276 0.015 0.938 0.091
2. 0.756 0.031 0.523 0.939 0.371 0.392
3. 0.589 0.923 0.483 0.426 0.441 0.107
4. 0.656 0.453 0.475 0.370 0.160 0.441
5. 0.061 0.629 0.386 0.290 0.091 0.169
6. 0.665 0.684 0.264 0.256 0.472 0.131
7. 0.213 0.502 0.002 0.021 0.096 0.472

8. 0.683 0.852 0.326 0.732 0.076 0.081
9. 0.443 0.608 0.797 0.584 0.569 0.165
10. 0.482 0.045 0.688 0.108 0.175 0.685
11. 0.297 0.674 0.122 0.519 0.958 0.649
12. 0.202 0.371 0.312 0.964 0.860 0.147
13. 0.251 0.444 0.102 0.587 0.577 0.470
14. 0.423 0.573 0.794 0.498 0.186 0.834
15. 0.899 0.708 0.311 0.347 0.279 0.258
16. 0.382 0.522 0.954 0.386 0.967 0.326
17. 0.755 0.295 0.343 0.308 0.916 0.847
18. 0.389 0.938 0.891 0.579 0.514 0.997
19. 0.695 0.338 0.444 0.421 0.277 0.719
20. 0.898 0.306 0.576 0.655 0.656 0.974

Each column represent a question and depending on the seed, one can pick up the digits say three
digits after decimal or two digits after the decimal.
These sets when constructed could be checked by doing appropriate test and item analysis on
pilot basis. The beauty of this kind of approach is that one can design as many parallel sets as one
wish to. The ideal method would be that the question banks are available on CD-ROM.

In order to avoid this, item review process must also include a careful evaluation of the
skills assessed by each question and tests must be carefully formulated.

24.5 Advantages of Question Bank

Some examination bodies have got the question banks constructed and got the question paper set
accordingly. It brought out the following merits and demerits. The question banks have the
following merits :
(1) The teachers are aware what types of questions are to be asked in the examinations, so they
conduct the teaching task accordingly.

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