A pediatric nursing test analysis

Abstract EN

The pediatric nursing test was held in 1995-1996 academic year for 55 nursing students.

Having 89 multiple choice questions (MCQs), the examination was based on a sound content, nursing plan and thorough behavioural objectives.

To find the validity and reliability of this and also to examine its predictive validity, it was compared to a test based on the same content held in 1997-1998 academic year. Item analysis of the test showed only three items having correct construction, proper difficulty and discrimination indices. Mode, mean, median and variance of the test marks were 62, 65.13, 63.66 and 63.84 respectively.

Its standard deviation was 7.99. Content-related validity of the test was 98.6 percent.

The validity was complete in 71 percent of the items and it was incomplete in 29 percent. All items were constructed in the cognitive domain.

83 percent belonged to the knowledge, 14 percent to the comprehension and 3 percent to the application levels.

No item was framed in affective of psychomotor domains. Predictive validity of the test was 0.97.

Reliability of the test was 0.77. The test had a 3.83 standard error of measurement. Direction of the test was clear item orders were proper.