The Impact of Alternative Scoring Procedures for Multiple-Choice Items on Test Reliability, Validity, and Grading.

Jaradat, Derar; Tollefson, Nona

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ERIC Number: EJ388108

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Publication Date: 1988

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The Impact of Alternative Scoring Procedures for Multiple-Choice Items on Test Reliability, Validity, and Grading.

Jaradat, Derar; Tollefson, Nona

Educational and Psychological Measurement, v48 n3 p627-35 Fall 1988

This study compared the reliability and validity indexes of randomly parallel tests administered under inclusion, exclusion, and correction for guessing directions, using 54 graduate students. It also compared the criterion-referenced grading decisions based on the different scoring methods. (TJH)

Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Grading, Graduate Students, Guessing (Tests), Higher Education, Multiple Choice Tests, Scoring, Test Reliability, Test Validity

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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