Test Scoring and Analysis Using SAS

Chapter 3: Computing and Displaying Answer Frequencies

Introduction

Displaying Answer Frequencies (in Tabular Form)

Modifying the Program to Display the Correct Answer in the Frequency Tables

Developing an Automated Program to Score a Test and Produce Item Frequencies

Displaying Answer Frequencies in Graphical Form

Conclusion

Introduction

One of the first steps in analyzing your multiple-choice tests is to display frequencies for each of the item choices. You can do this very simply using PROC FREQ. However, it is useful to see which of the answer choices is the correct answer, along with the frequency information. In this chapter, you will see several ways to accomplish this goal, including a SAS macro that automates the task. Finally, you will ...