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Peer reviewedBarker, Douglas; Ebel, Robert L. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1982
Two forms of an undergraduate examination were constructed. Tests varied with respect to item truth value (true, false) and method of phrasing (positive, negative). Negatively stated items were more difficult but not more discriminating than positively stated items. False items were not more difficult but were more discriminating than true items.…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Higher Education, Item Analysis, Response Style (Tests)
Ebel, Robert L. – 1981
An alternate-choice test item is a simple declarative sentence, one portion of which is given with two different wordings. For example, "Foundations like Ford and Carnegie tend to be (1) eager (2) hesitant to support innovative solutions to educational problems." The examinee's task is to choose the alternative that makes the sentence…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Difficulty Level, Guessing (Tests), Multiple Choice Tests
