Strategies Used to Answer MC Test Items by Examinees in Top and Bottom Quartiles.

Kolstad, Rosemarie K.; Kolstad, Robert A.

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ERIC Number: EJ420784

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1989

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Strategies Used to Answer MC Test Items by Examinees in Top and Bottom Quartiles.

Kolstad, Rosemarie K.; Kolstad, Robert A.

Educational Research Quarterly, v13 n4 p2-5 1989

The effect on examinee performance of the rule that multiple-choice (MC) test items require the acceptance of 1 choice was examined for 106 dental students presented with choices in MC and multiple true-false formats. MC items force examinees to select one choice, which causes artificial acceptance of correct/incorrect choices. (SLD)

Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Dental Students, Higher Education, Multiple Choice Tests, Objective Tests, Response Style (Tests), Test Format, Test Wiseness, Testing Problems

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