The study established its dependability by determining, among other things, the mean score difference between male and female candidates in mathematics scores/items in the 2019/2020 Katsina State BECE using CTT and IRT. The study employed an expose facto design. The total number of candidates in the study was 65,797 (42,110 men and 23,687 women). The 500 individuals were chosen using a multi-stage stratified random sampling procedure (290 men and 210 women). The KSERC Examination Officer provided data for the study. Hypotheses were tested at a significance level of = 0.05. SPSS and WINSTEPS version 4.8.2.0 software were used to analyse the data. Some of the study's findings included a reliability coefficient of 0.99 utilising both CCT and IRT; a statistically significant difference (t = 5.663, df = 449, p = 0.000) between the mean score of male and female candidates; and 57 percent (34) of the BECE applicants passed. Male and female applicants face differing levels of difficulty when it comes to math items. The findings' implications for educational research were also examined. The study's recommendation was to do a comparable study in a different field to assess whether combined CTT and IRT analysis was possible or not.
Author(S) Details
Aminu Yusuf
Department of Education Foundations. Faculty of Technology Education, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Nigeria.
Zainab Aliyu Abubakar
Department of Vocational and Technology Education, Nigeria.
Usman Bayo Zambuk
Department of Education Foundations. Faculty of Technology Education, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Nigeria.
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