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DeCarlo, Lawrence T. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 2021
In a signal detection theory (SDT) approach to multiple choice exams, examinees are viewed as choosing, for each item, the alternative that is perceived as being the most plausible, with perceived plausibility depending in part on whether or not an item is known. The SDT model is a process model and provides measures of item difficulty, item…
Descriptors: Perception, Bias, Theories, Test Items