NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Back to results
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
ERIC Number: EJ901478
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Sep
Pages: 14
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0146-6216
EISSN: N/A
Available Date: N/A
Automatic Detection of Answer Copying via Kullback-Leibler Divergence and K-Index
Belov, Dmitry I.; Armstrong, Ronald D.
Applied Psychological Measurement, v34 n6 p379-392 Sep 2010
This article presents a new method to detect copying on a standardized multiple-choice exam. The method combines two statistical approaches in successive stages. The first stage uses Kullback-Leibler divergence to identify examinees, called subjects, who have demonstrated inconsistent performance during an exam. For each subject the second stage uses the K-Index to search for a possible source of the responses. Both stages apply a hypothesis test given a significance level. Monte Carlo methods are applied to approximate empirical distributions and then compute critical values providing a low Type I error rate and a good copying-detection rate. The results with both simulated and empirical data demonstrate the effectiveness of this approach. (Contains 1 table and 5 figures.)
SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com.bibliotheek.ehb.be
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A
Author Affiliations: N/A