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Table 2 Assignment to the proficiency levels for no item selection and selection with the RMSD cut-off 0.06 and RMSD cut-off 0.08
PL | Cut | All Items | Cut-off = 0.06 | Cut-off = 0.08 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NLevel (%) | Md | NLevel (%) | Md | Nremain (%) | Ndown (%) | Nup (%) | NLevel (%) | Md | Nremain (%) | Ndown (%) | Nup (%) | ||
1 | 189 | 17 (0.95) | 393.47 | 3 (0.16) | 398.00 | 3 (17.65) | – | 14 (82.35) | 9 (0.48) | 392.90 | 8 (47.06) | – | 9 (52.94) |
2 | 407 | 146 (7.83) | 457.90 | 106 (5.63) | 458.14 | 81 (55.48) | – | 65 (44.52) | 124 (6.77) | 459.06 | 107 (73.23) | 1 (0.68) | 38 (26.03) |
3 | 480 | 539 (28.62) | 524.24 | 526 (27.93) | 527.87 | 410 (76.07) | 11 (2.04) | 118 (21.89) | 498 (26.35) | 525.96 | 429 (79.59) | 8 (1.48) | 101 (18.91) |
4 | 553 | 776 (41.16) | 587.78 | 844 (44.82) | 588.02 | 642 (82.73) | 50 (6.44) | 84 (10.82) | 791 (42.01) | 589.93 | 647 (83.38) | 30 (3.87) | 99 (12.76) |
5 | 626 | 371 (19.63) | 647.84 | 370 (19.65) | 646.86 | 275 (74.12) | 83 (22.37) | 13 (3.50) | 412 (21.80) | 650.90 | 308 (83.02) | 42 (11.32) | 21 (5.66) |
6 | 697 | 34 (1.80) | 714.58 | 34 (1.81) | 716.90 | 19 (55.88) | 11 (44.12) | – | 49 (2.59) | 718.52 | 27 (79.41) | 7 (20.59) | – |