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PDF pending restorationKane, Michael T.; Moloney, James M. – 1976
The Answer-Until-Correct (AUC) procedure has been proposed in order to increase the reliability of multiple-choice items. A model for examinees' behavior when they must respond to each item until they answer it correctly is presented. An expression for the reliability of AUC items, as a function of the characteristics of the item and the scoring…
Descriptors: Guessing (Tests), Item Analysis, Mathematical Models, Multiple Choice Tests
Drasgow, Fritz; And Others – 1987
This paper addresses the information revealed in incorrect option selection on multiple choice items. Multilinear Formula Scoring (MFS), a theory providing methods for solving psychological measurement problems of long standing, is first used to estimate option characteristic curves for the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery Arithmetic…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Item Analysis, Latent Trait Theory, Mathematical Models
