Glossary of Terms for Distractor Statistics

Identifier Caption Description
NumberChoosingResponse The number of people choosing a specified response or getting a specified code. Equal to the number of individuals that selected the response option. This can also be used for the number of individuals that received a certain rating on a judged item such as an essay question.
PercentChoosingResponse The percent of people choosing a specified response or getting a specified code. Equal to the percent of test-takers that selected the response option. This can also be used for the percent of individuals that received a certain rating on a judged item such as an essay question.
AIS-Response Average Item Score for Response Equal to the mean of the item scores for the group of individuals that selected the response option.
PTbis-Response r-pointbiserial for Response A group-dependent measure of the discrimination of the response option, the pointbiserial correlation between selection of the response option and a criterion such as the total score on the test.