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Peer reviewedShatz, Mark A.; Best, John B. – Teaching of Psychology, 1987
Investigates the circumstances under which answer changing is beneficial or detrimental to test performance. Analyzes the success of answer changing in relation to the reasons offered for changing. Concludes that students who reported guessing as their reason for changing answers were not nearly as likely to benefit from changing as were students…
Descriptors: Confidence Testing, Guessing (Tests), Higher Education, Objective Tests
Download full textGarvin, Alfred D. – 1972
Various aspects of Confidence Weighting are examined. Variant of Confidence Weighting, its effect on test reliability, and the validity of Confidence Weighting are discussed. (DG)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Confidence Testing, Guessing (Tests), Measurement Techniques
