Subjective Judgment of Multiple-Choice Item Characteristics.

Green, Kathy E.

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ERIC Number: EJ287634

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1983

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Subjective Judgment of Multiple-Choice Item Characteristics.

Green, Kathy E.

Educational and Psychological Measurement, v43 n2 p563-70 Sum 1983

This study was concerned with the reliability and validity of subjective judgments about five characteristics of multiple-choice test items from an introductory college-level astronomy test: (1) item difficulty, (2) language complexity, (3) content importance or relevance, (4) response set convergence, and (5) process complexity. (Author)

Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Astronomy, Difficulty Level, Evaluative Thinking, Higher Education, Item Analysis, Multiple Choice Tests, Reliability, Test Items, Validity

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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