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Friday, August 10, 2012
TABLE OF SPECIFICATION
Essentially, a table of specification is a table chart that breaks down the topics that will be on a test
and the amount of test questions or percentage of weight each section will have on the final test
grade. This kind of table chart is usually split into two charts, and each sub topic is numbered under
the main topics that are being covered for the test. This type of table is mainly used by
teachers to help break down their testing outline on a specific subject. Some teachers use this
particular table as their teaching guideline by breaking the table into subjects, the teachers main
points, how much time should be spent on the point, and what assignment or project can be done to
help the student learn the subject.
To prepare a multiple choice exam or test you have to know the percentages of the topics
depending on their importance to the subject and the hours spent in their discussion.
Let’s say you are preparing an exam for the prelim period, for your subject in Human
Physiology in medical school; here are steps you can adapt.
N.B. You can adjust the percentages according to your syllabus or academic
requirements.
2. Decide on how many items the test should be. Let’s say you have decided that the items
for your Prelim exam are 150. The time allotted should at least be 2 hours for this exam, if 1
minute per question and 3 minutes per problem is assigned.
4. Solve for the number of items of each topic by multiplying the percentage-decimal
equivalent with the total number of items.
For a total of 150 items. Since there are no 0.5 questions, you may decide to which topic
you would assign the 1 item excess.
5. This is the simplest form of preparing for a table of specifications. You may want to be
more specific and prepare a more detailed table assigning easy, average and difficult
questions. The average questions should at least be 80% of your exams, while the easy at
least 20% and the difficult, at least 15 %. This is recommended but the final decision still
relies on the subject per se, and the learning ability of your students.
DECIDE THE NUMBER OF ITEMS FOR YOUR EXAM, BASED ON THE HOURS AVAILABLE.
1. You assign the percentage according to the importance of the topic to your subject, or you can also
refer to the required weight of the topic by your school or accrediting institution.
2.
Decide on the total number of items for the exam depending on the number of hours assigned.
3.
At least 1 minute is given for easy questions and 3-5 minutes for difficult questions. In case
analyses, you may want to increase the time.
4.
Based on your total items, you now get the number of items for each topic simply by multiplying the
total score with the percentage. Below is the computation for this Table of Specifications.
Assign now the specific type of test for the items. As the instructor, you would know what type of test
could effectively test the knowledge of your students with the different topics. Your Table of
Specifications should reflect which topics are vital to your course.
1.
In this example, the Introduction to Clinical Chemistry would not use problem solving but only
multiple choice and identification. You can compose 10 items for multiple choice and 2 items for
identification.
2.
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Shiradee GeeSeptember 22, 2013 at 6:48 PM
this is what i have been looking for.. this is something very hard to find over the
internet!! thank you so much!!
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GM ChillSeptember 18, 2018 at 3:28 PM
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UnknownSeptember 26, 2019 at 12:18 AM
Yaaay! Thank yoh for sharing this elaborated and simplified explantion .
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UnknownOctober 13, 2019 at 12:46 AM
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