What does underdiscrimination mean?
Underdiscrimination means Less than normal discrimination.
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Less than normal discrimination.
Starting with the highest residual correlations (≥0.7, then ≥0.6, through to ≥0.3), the item of each residual correlating set showing the least face validity according to experts’ opinion (CF, MH) or having over- or underdiscrimination on its category probability curve, was removed (45 items removed stepwise; 28 items remaining).
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Underdiscrimination means Less than normal discrimination.
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Starting with the highest residual correlations (≥0.7, then ≥0.6, through to ≥0.3), the item of each residual correlating set showing the least face validity according to experts’ opinion (CF, MH) or having over- or underdiscrimination on its category probability curve, was removed (45 items removed stepwise; 28 items remaining).
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