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Harris, Diana K.; Changas, Paul S. – Educational Gerontology, 1994
Palmore's Facts on Aging Quiz in standard true-false format was completed by 180 sociology students, a revised multiple-choice version by 195 students. The multiple-choice test decreased guessing, had greater internal consistency and reliability, tended to have higher discriminatory power, and identified more specifically misconceptions about…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Comparative Testing, Multiple Choice Tests, Objective Tests