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Direct linkvan der Linden, Wim J.; Sotaridona, Leonardo – Journal of Educational Measurement, 2004
A statistical test for the detection of answer copying on multiple-choice tests is presented. The test is based on the idea that the answers of examinees to test items may be the result of three possible processes: (1) knowing, (2) guessing, and (3) copying, but that examinees who do not have access to the answers of other examinees can arrive at…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Test Items, Hypothesis Testing, Statistical Distributions
