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Jacobs, Stanley S. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1972
Data quite clearly indicated that students should be allowed and encouraged to reconsider and evaluate their responses to objective test items. (Author)
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Objective Tests, Response Style (Tests), Tables (Data)

Hsu, Louis M. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1980
Relative difficulty of Separate (Form S) and Grouped (Form G) True-False tests may be expected to be dependent on the ability levels of examinees. At some levels Form S should be less difficult, at others equally difficult, and at still others, more difficult, than Form G. (Author/RL)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Cluster Grouping, Difficulty Level, Knowledge Level

Tsai, Fu-Ju; Suen, Hoi K. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1993
Six methods of scoring multiple true-false items were compared in terms of reliabilities, difficulties, and discrimination. Results suggest that, for norm-referenced score interpretations, there is insufficient evidence to support any one of the methods as superior. For criterion-referenced score interpretations, effects of scoring method must be…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Criterion Referenced Tests, Difficulty Level, Guessing (Tests)