Individual Respondent Results

Using the Respondents List, you can consult the detailed results for each respondent, including the global result, results by category and results for each of the items presented to the respondent during the test.

To view an individual respondent’s results:

Click the respondent's username in the Respondents List; the Respondent’s results page appears, including the respondent's demographic information, followed by results and a list of items presented during the test.

The demographic information includes:

  • Username: Respondent identification number as assigned by the manager when the respondent's group was created
  • Subscriber: The respondent's institution

Information entered by the respondent on the TPLS home page

  • Sex
  • Language spoken at home
  • Self-assessment of English level

System-generated information

Test end: The date when the test was completed

The default list sorting method is by the order of items presented to the respondent in the test (column #). It can be changed by clicking the name of the column you wish to sort in the header.

The list may be sorted in ascending or descending order by clicking the column name in the header to change the order.

Respondent results

  • Global result: The global theta ranging from -3 to +3 as calculated by the adaptive test for all categories combined ; global x/y for a non-adaptive test
    MPORTANT: If the subscriber's institution is participating in the validation of a non-adaptive test, the results are represented not as theta or linguistic scale level, but as the number of correct versus incorrect responses x/y, for example 7/10.
  • Result for each category: Theta for this category as calculated by the adaptive test ranging from -3 to +3 ; category x/y for a non-adaptive test
  • Global linguistic scale: The respondent's linguistic scale as determined by the system in evaluating the cut scores and the theta results ; -- for a non-adaptive test
  • Linguistic scale for each category: Linguistic scale level estimated by the system through a comparison of the respondent's theta for this category with the cut scores ; -- for a non-adaptive test

List of items presented to the respondent :

  • #: The number representing the order in which the items were presented to the respondent
  • ID: System-generated item identification number
  • Category: The item's assigned category
  • Answer: The respondent's result to the question; 0 red=incorrect answer, 1 green=correct answer
  • Time to answer (s): The time, measured in seconds, that the respondent took to answer the question
  • Provisional result (theta): The theta result as calculated by the system as the adaptive test progressed. The theta result is provisional until it is calculated conclusively at the end of the test ; -- for a non-adaptive test