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Direct linkWang, Yu; Chiu, Chia-Yi; Köhn, Hans Friedrich – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2023
The multiple-choice (MC) item format has been widely used in educational assessments across diverse content domains. MC items purportedly allow for collecting richer diagnostic information. The effectiveness and economy of administering MC items may have further contributed to their popularity not just in educational assessment. The MC item format…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Nonparametric Statistics, Test Format, Educational Assessment
Download full textLongford, Nicholas T. – 1994
This study is a critical evaluation of the roles for coding and scoring of missing responses to multiple-choice items in educational tests. The focus is on tests in which the test-takers have little or no motivation; in such tests omitting and not reaching (as classified by the currently adopted operational rules) is quite frequent. Data from the…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Classification, Coding, Models
