The Effect of Item Type on the Consequences of Changing Answers on Multiple Choice Tests.

Smith, Malbert, III; And Others

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Publication Date: 1979

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The Effect of Item Type on the Consequences of Changing Answers on Multiple Choice Tests.

Smith, Malbert, III; And Others

Journal of Educational Measurement, v16 n3 p203-08 Fall 1979

Results of multiple-choice tests in educational psychology were examined to discover the effects on students' scores of changing their original answer choices after reconsideration. Eighty-six percent of the students changed one or more answers, and six out of seven students who made changes improved their scores by doing so. (Author/CTM)

Descriptors: Academic Ability, Difficulty Level, Error Patterns, Guessing (Tests), Higher Education, Multiple Choice Tests, Response Style (Tests), Scores, Student Characteristics, Test Items, Test Wiseness, Testing Problems

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