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Peer reviewedMentzer, Thomas L. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1982
Evidence of biases in the correct answers in multiple-choice test item files were found to include "all of the above" bias in which that answer was correct more than 25 percent of the time, and a bias that the longest answer was correct too frequently. Seven bias types were studied. (Author/CM)
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Higher Education, Multiple Choice Tests, Psychology
