The Effects of Guessing and Item Dependence on the Reliability and Validity of Recognition Based Cloze Tests.

Baldauf, Richard B., Jr.

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Publication Date: 1982

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The Effects of Guessing and Item Dependence on the Reliability and Validity of Recognition Based Cloze Tests.

Baldauf, Richard B., Jr.

Educational and Psychological Measurement, v42 n3 p855-67 Fall 1982

A Monte Carlo design examined how the effects of guessing and item dependence influence test characteristics and student scores. Although validity for cloze variants was high, multiple-choice cloze had significantly lower reliabilities than did true score equivalents. (Author/PN)

Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Elementary Education, Guessing (Tests), Reading Comprehension, Recognition (Psychology), Scores, Test Construction, Test Format, Test Items, Test Reliability, Test Validity

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