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Download full textKurz, Terri Barber – 1999
Multiple-choice tests are generally scored using a conventional number right scoring method. While this method is easy to use, it has several weaknesses. These weaknesses include decreased validity due to guessing and failure to credit partial knowledge. In an attempt to address these weaknesses, psychometricians have developed various scoring…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Guessing (Tests), Item Response Theory, Multiple Choice Tests
