Multiple Choice and True-False: Reliability and Validity Compared.

Green, Kathy

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ERIC Number: EJ220351

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Publication Date: 1979

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Multiple Choice and True-False: Reliability and Validity Compared.

Green, Kathy

Journal of Experimental Education, v48 n1 p42-44 Fall 1979

Reliabilities and concurrent validities of teacher-made multiple-choice and true-false tests were compared. No significant differences were found even when multiple-choice reliability was adjusted to equate testing time. (Author/MH)

Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Higher Education, Multiple Choice Tests, Test Format, Test Items, Test Length, Test Reliability, Test Validity, Time

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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