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Peer reviewedDodd, David K.; Leal, Linda – Teaching of Psychology, 1988
Discusses answer justification, a technique that allows students to convert multiple-choice items perceived to be "tricky" into short-answer essay questions. Convincing justifications earn students credit for missed items. The procedure is reported to be easy to administer and very popular among students. (Author/GEA)
Descriptors: Guessing (Tests), Higher Education, Multiple Choice Tests, Psychology
Peer reviewedMishisato, Shizuhiko – Psychometrika, 1984
This study formulates a property of a quantification method, the principle of equivalent partitioning. When used with Guttman's principle of internal consistency, the combination allows the analysis of correlational data in terms of the variate(s) chosen by the investigator. Applications to multiple-choice, rank-order, and paired comparison data…
Descriptors: Discriminant Analysis, Mathematical Models, Matrices, Multiple Choice Tests
Download full textYang, Wen-Ling; Dorans, Neil J.; Tateneni, Krishna – 2002
Scores on the multiple-choice sections of alternate forms are equated through anchor-test equating for the Advanced Placement Program (AP) examinations. There is no linkage of free-response sections since different free-response items are given yearly. However, the free-response and multiple-choice sections are combined to produce a composite.…
Descriptors: Cutting Scores, Equated Scores, Multiple Choice Tests, Sample Size
Peer reviewedStrang, Harold R.; Rust, James O. – Journal of Experimental Education, 1973
The major purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects of non-cueing immediate knowledge upon answering academic questions constructed so as to minimize intrinsic knowledge of ongoing accuracy. (Author)
Descriptors: Cues, Data Collection, Educational Research, Feedback
Peer reviewedSamejima, Fumiko – Psychometrika, 1973
The three-parameter logistic model by Birnbaum for the multiple-choice item in the latent trait theory is considered with respect to the item response information function and the unique maximum condition. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: Guessing (Tests), Models, Multiple Choice Tests, Probability
Peer reviewedLivingston, Samuel A. – American Educational Research Journal, 1973
Study of language used in multiple choice test showed that verbal complexity of questions had little or no effect on their actual difficulty; if a student knows the content, he can also read well enough to understand the test item. (SP)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Multiple Choice Tests, Performance Factors, Reading Ability
Buckley-Sharp, M. D. – Educational Technology, 1973
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computers, Item Banks, Multiple Choice Tests
Hazlett, C. B. – Educational Technology, 1973
A brief description of a computerized system for the storage and retrieval of multiple choice items.'' (Author/AK)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computers, Item Banks, Multiple Choice Tests
Toggenburger, Frank – Educational Technology, 1973
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computers, Item Banks, Multiple Choice Tests
Peer reviewedBrucia, James – American Biology Teacher, 1972
Descriptors: Biology, Multiple Choice Tests, Secondary School Science, Test Scoring Machines
Peer reviewedCrehan, Kevin D.; Slakter, Malcolm J. – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Multiple Choice Tests, Test Construction, Test Reliability
Hambleton, Ronald K.; And Others – J Educ Meas, 1970
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Multiple Choice Tests, Test Reliability
Arnold, J. C. – J Exp Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Guessing (Tests), Mathematical Models, Methods
Peer reviewedPyrczak, Fred – Reading Improvement, 1981
Reports that when given only the choices to reading comprehension items, some students are able to identify the correct choices without reference to the associated passage or the item stems, a characteristic that threatens the validity of reading comprehension tests. (Author/FL)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Multiple Choice Tests, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests
Peer reviewedWilcox, Rand R. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1982
Results in the engineering literature on "k out of n system reliability" can be used to characterize tests based on estimates of the probability of correctly determining whether the examinee knows the correct response. In particular, the minimum number of distractors required for multiple-choice tests can be empirically determined.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Mathematical Models, Multiple Choice Tests, Test Format
