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| Guessing (Tests) | 1 |
| Multiple Choice Tests | 1 |
| Response Style (Tests) | 1 |
| Scoring | 1 |
| Scoring Formulas | 1 |
| Test Wiseness | 1 |
| Testing | 1 |
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| Journal of Educational… | 1 |
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| Lord, Frederic M. | 1 |
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Peer reviewedLord, Frederic M. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1975
The assumption that examinees either know the answer to a test item or else guess at random is usually totally implausible. A different assumption is outlined, under which formula scoring is found to be clearly superior to number right scoring. (Author)
Descriptors: Guessing (Tests), Multiple Choice Tests, Response Style (Tests), Scoring
