The RN Comprehensive Predictor 2016 Technical Manual provides an in-depth overview of the assessment designed to measure nursing students’ readiness for the NCLEX-RN exam. It covers test development processes, score interpretation, reliability, and validity, along with detailed tables and figures. Published by Assessment Technologies Institute, Inc., this guide serves as a crucial resource for educators and students in nursing programs.
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Technical Manual for the
RN Comprehensive Predictor® 2016
EDUCATOR
IMPLEMENTATION
GUIDE
TECHNICAL MANUAL FOR THE RN COMPREHENSIVE PREDICTOR® 2016
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Table of Contents
LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF FIGURES
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
INTRODUCTION
PURPOSE AND INTENDED USE
TEST DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
ITEM CALIBRATION AND TEST EQUATING
INTERPRETATION OF SCORES
TEST RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY
APPROPRIATE AND INAPPROPRIATE TEST USE
REFERENCES
APPENDIX A SAMPLE SCORE REPORT
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List of Tables
Table 1
Expectancy Table of Individual Percent Correct Scores and Predicted Probability
of Passing NCLEX-RN
Table 2
NCLEX-RN and ATI RN Comprehensive Predictor 2016 Test Specifications
Table 3
PCA Results
Table 4
Summary of Item Residual Correlations
Table 5
Summary of Fit Statistics
Table 6
Summary of Rasch Item Difficulties
Table 7
Demographic Summary for Students Completing the Exam Between April 15,
2016, and December 8, 2016
Table 8
Number of Items, Means, Standard Deviations, Reliability Coefficients, and
Standard Errors of Measurement for Total Test Score and For Each of the Eight
Client Need Major Categories and Subcategories
Table 9
Distribution of Item Difficulty and Discrimination Indices for the RN
Comprehensive Predictor
Table 10
CSEM at Various Score Levels
Table 11
NCLEX-RN Category Code
Table 12
Correlations between NCLEX-RN Categories and Subcategories
Table 13
Disattenuated Correlations between NCLEX-RN Categories and Subcategories
Table 14
Test Speededness Analyses for the RN Comprehensive Predictor
List of Figures
Figure 1
Score Distributions of RN Comprehensive Predictor 2016
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