test statistic

test statistic

1. the numerical result of a statistical test, which is used to determine statistical significance and evaluate the viability of a hypothesis.

2. any of the statistics relating to a test or its components, such as indices of item difficulty, item reliability, item discriminability, and so on. See test analysis.

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