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Direct linkWang, Wei – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Mixed-format tests containing both multiple-choice (MC) items and constructed-response (CR) items are now widely used in many testing programs. Mixed-format tests often are considered to be superior to tests containing only MC items although the use of multiple item formats leads to measurement challenges in the context of equating conducted under…
Descriptors: Equated Scores, Test Format, Test Items, Test Length
Multiple Choice and True/False Tests: Reliability Measures and Some Implications of Negative Marking
Peer reviewedBurton, Richard F. – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2004
The standard error of measurement usefully provides confidence limits for scores in a given test, but is it possible to quantify the reliability of a test with just a single number that allows comparison of tests of different format? Reliability coefficients do not do this, being dependent on the spread of examinee attainment. Better in this…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Error of Measurement, Test Reliability, Test Items
