NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 2 results Save | Export
Differences in Reaction to Immediate Feedback and Opportunity to Revise Answers for Multiple-Choice and Open-Ended Questions
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Attali, Yigal; Laitusis, Cara; Stone, Elizabeth – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2016
There are many reasons to believe that open-ended (OE) and multiple-choice (MC) items elicit different cognitive demands of students. However, empirical evidence that supports this view is lacking. In this study, we investigated the reactions of test takers to an interactive assessment with immediate feedback and answer-revision opportunities for…
Descriptors: Test Items, Questioning Techniques, Differences, Student Reaction
Measurement Bias across Gender on the Children's Depression Inventory: Evidence for Invariance from Two Latent Variable Models
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Carle, Adam C.; Millsap, Roger E.; Cole, David A. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2008
Confirmatory factor analysis for ordered-categorical measures (CFA-OCM) and rating scale item response theory (IRT) analyses explore measurement bias across gender on the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI) in a community sample of 779 children in the third and sixth grades. Given the set of statistical criteria, IRT and CFA-OCM generally…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Scoring, Factor Analysis, Gender Differences