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Download full textSax, Gilbert; Reiter, Pauline B. – 1980
Despite the popularity of both multiple-choice (MC) and true-false (TF) items, most investigations comparing the two formats have done so to determine the optimum number of choices to be given to students within a given time period. The purpose of this investigation was to compare the reliabilities and the validities of both formats when the items…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Correlation, Higher Education, Item Analysis
Chissom, Brad; Chukabarah, Prince C. O. – 1985
The comparative effects of various sequences of test items were examined for over 900 graduate students enrolled in an educational research course at The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. experiment, which was conducted a total of four times using four separate tests, presented three different arrangements of 50 multiple-choice items: (1)…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Comparative Testing, Difficulty Level, Graduate Students
Tanner, David E. – 1986
A multiple choice achievement test was constructed in which both cognitive level and degree of abstractness were controlled. Subjects were 75 students from a major university in the Southwest. A group of 13 judges, also university students, classified the concepts for degree of abstractness. Results indicated that both cognitive level and degree…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Achievement Tests, Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Processes
Miao, Chang Yu – 1987
Nedelsky (1954) has suggested a procedure for determining the minimum passing score on a multiple-choice test. In this procedure expert judges estimate the probable score of a minimally competent examinee. The technique does not refer to the students' performance data. The purposes of this paper are: (1) to introduce a modification to the Nedelsky…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Analysis of Variance, Bayesian Statistics, Cutting Scores
Banta, Trudy W.; And Others – 1987
The higher education community needs measures of the value added to student development by the college experience. The American College Testing Program (ACT) provides a quick, easy method for estimating the extent of student growth in general education. An institution can test seniors with the ACT College Outcome Measures Project (COMP) exam, then…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Analysis of Variance, College Students
O'Neill, Kathleen A. – 1986
When test questions are not intended to measure language skills, it is important to know if language is an extraneous characteristic that affects item performance. This study investigates whether certain stylistic changes in the way items are presented affect item performance on examinations for a health profession. The subjects were medical…
Descriptors: Abbreviations, Analysis of Variance, Drug Education, Graduate Medical Students
