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Peer reviewedTaylor, Annette Kujawski – College Student Journal, 2005
This research examined 2 elements of multiple-choice test construction, balancing the key and optimal number of options. In Experiment 1 the 3 conditions included a balanced key, overrepresentation of a and b responses, and overrepresentation of c and d responses. The results showed that error-patterns were independent of the key, reflecting…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Test Items, Multiple Choice Tests, Test Construction
van den Brink, Wulfert – Evaluation in Education: International Progress, 1982
Binomial models for domain-referenced testing are compared, emphasizing the assumptions underlying the beta-binomial model. Advantages and disadvantages are discussed. A proposed item sampling model is presented which takes the effect of guessing into account. (Author/CM)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Criterion Referenced Tests, Item Sampling, Measurement Techniques
Download full textRead, John; Nation, Paul – 1986
A review of the literature on a variety of issues related to testing vocabulary knowledge in a second language addresses these topics: problems in estimating vocabulary size, including the related questions of what constitutes a word, how a sample should be selected, and what are the criteria for knowing a word; sampling the basic and specialized…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Check Lists, Classification, Comparative Analysis
