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Analysis of paragliding theory test items for pilot license applicants

Publication at First Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport |
2012

Abstract

This analysis presents partial results of a project that was implemented in 2011 in cooperation with the Light Aircraft Association (LAA CR hereafter). The aim of this project was to evaluate the set of test's tasks from the theory of paragliding.

Test with these tasks is part of the examination for obtaining a pilot's license in the LAA CR, and therefore it was necessary to assess the quality of this diagnostic tool. Here are presented the results of sensitivity analysis and difficulty analysis in each of the thematic sections of the test.

There were analyzed 292 tasks and only 26 % tasks corresponding with scoring difficulty of same tasks in the test. Number of matching distractors is 92% of the total number of 584 distractors.

Satisfactory sensitivity according biserial coefficient reaches 78% of tasks. The results of the frequency of each task in the tests point to considerable unevenness.

Position of good alternatives in tests LAA CR is completely random and evenly distributed.