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Peer reviewedCureton, Edward E. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1971
A rebuttal of Frary's 1969 article in Educational and Psychological Measurement. (MS)
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Guessing (Tests), Multiple Choice Tests, Scoring Formulas
Peer reviewedMitchelmore, M. C. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1981
This paper presents a scientific rationale for deciding the number of points to use on a grading scale in any given assessment situation. The rationale is applied to two common methods of assessment (multiple-choice and essay tests) and an example of a composite assessment. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Essay Tests, Grading, Higher Education
Multiple Choice and True/False Tests: Reliability Measures and Some Implications of Negative Marking
Direct linkBurton, Richard F. – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2004
The standard error of measurement usefully provides confidence limits for scores in a given test, but is it possible to quantify the reliability of a test with just a single number that allows comparison of tests of different format? Reliability coefficients do not do this, being dependent on the spread of examinee attainment. Better in this…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Error of Measurement, Test Reliability, Test Items
Download full textLivingston, Samuel A. – 1986
This paper deals with test fairness regarding a test consisting of two parts: (1) a "common" section, taken by all students; and (2) a "variable" section, in which some students may answer a different set of questions from other students. For example, a test taken by several thousand students each year contains a common multiple-choice portion and…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Error of Measurement, Essay Tests, Mathematical Models
